I spent about six months in Boston about twenty years ago which was long enough to discover the nightmare that is traffic in and around Boston, especially in relation to Logan International Airport. The Big Dig which was begun ten years ago and is nearing completion is an underground road system designed to alleviate these traffic problems. Many cities, particularly in the Eastern U. S. where road infrastructures were built more than fifty years ago and are now obsolete, outdated, and completely unsuited to 21st century traffic patterns, are closely watching The Big Dig (bostonchannel.com) to see if the results justify the astonishing 15 billion dollar price tag.