[The Onion] Urban Planner Stuck In Traffic Of Own Design

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"Rolling down a window and shaking a fist at the traffic ahead, Rothstein said: 'This is about that Route 28 thing, isn't it, God? If I promise to put in more HOV concessions, will you please get things moving here already?'

A cell-phone call from Rothstein's wife Marjorie interrupted the angry tirade.

'Well, I'm sorry it's taking so long, Bernie,' Marjorie said. 'But remember, honey, that you're the one who said I-279 was a horrible scar gouged into the city for the sake of efficiency. It was your own enthusiasm for small, two- to eight-acre city parks that made Pittsburgh a nicer place to live and got you into this mess.'"