Sure is, at least in photos like this.

The Herald reports Deval Patrick is looking at leasing key roads to private companies, who would then be able to make money by squeezing commuters like a turnip.

Here's the thing: Although the authorities that now run our toll roads (the turnpike authority and Massport) are isolated to some extent from the public they allegedly serve (hence the "quasi" in "quasi-public"), the are, ultimately, still responsible to our elected officials (just ask Christy Mihos). Private companies? All bets are off:

... In Indiana, for example, a deal to privatize that state’s toll road led to a 100 percent up-front toll hike, and the possibility of 7 percent annual increases over the life of a 75-year lease. ...

Not that, in the greater scheme of things, toll increases would be a bad thing, if, say, they meant greater investment in public transportation, but the odds of that happening with private ownership? Hah!

Headline of the day, from Channel 4: Tobin Bridge Deemed Safe Despite Falling Chunks.