Immortalizing those who appropriated other people's money Prior to the Big Dig, Massachusetts had funded all of its interstate highways entirely with its own m

Immortalizing those who appropriated other people's money Prior to the Big Dig, Massachusetts had funded all of its interstate highways entirely with its own money while still sending it's share of gas tax money to the Feds. The CA/T project wasn't so much appropriating other people's money as much as getting back what it donate to other states to build their highways. mass-transit-crippling debt This is a valid point, but something needed to be done about the elevated artery and tearing it down and replacing it with light rail/commuter rail isn't a practical solution - if nothing else, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island would have been up in arms. If anything, blame the car-focused planning of the 1940s and 1950s for creating the mess in the first place.