With the Storrow Drive tunnel project on temporary hold, Mike Mennonno hopes officials (and he's looking at you, Mayor Menino) use the time to come up with more permanent solutions that don't keep putting the needs of commuters ahead of residents:

... We're emerging from a half-century in which flight from the city was the norm. You can see the scars of this disregard for city neighborhoods everywhere in them, as they were sacrificed to escape routes from them. A new vision is needed for Boston, and quick fixes to Storrow Drive every few years that disrupt the life of Back Bay and destroy--even if temporarily--a haven that has taken generations now to build should not be part of it. Period.

As long as road construction and automobile transportation remain a priority over conservation and alternative and public transportation in Boston, we'll be fighting these battles forever. And in the end, no one wins the war.

Earlier:
Shut Storrow Drive!