Again, the cost of the Big Dig is indefensible. It's been held up as the example of wasteful spending and uncontrolled cost overruns for many, many years now. Yes, it's a travesty that money wasn't spent in a more holistic way. But it's not like Boston doesn't have a very good public transportation system--a dense and interconnected web of heavy rail, light rail, commuter rail, BRT, and buses.
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"You need both a public and a private position." --Hillary Clinton, speaking behind closed doors to the National Multi-Family Housing Council, 2013
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