The Big Dig Opens

After 16 years of drafting, spending, and defending, part of the Big Dig opens Sunday, stoking an urban revolution.

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March 30, 2003, 5:00 AM PST

"It may not be as revolutionary as the Boston Tea Party or Paul Revere's midnight ride, but when two major sections of Boston's Big Dig - a highway tunnel sunk 120 feet deep and a soaring spider-web bridge - open to traffic on Sunday, it will mark the realization of a big idea: that cars should be banished from city streets, and pedestrians should reign."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Finally, the cars will be buried

Saturday, March 29, 2003 in The Christian Science Monitor

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