When Ari Goldberger and his friends found a 15-foot snowbank blocking a bike path, they dug a tunnel 40 feet straight through to the other side, structural analysis and safety standards be damned.

These folks aren't professional engineers. As far as anyone can tell, they simply saw a whopping pile of snow, grabbed shovels and started digging. This kind of "get 'er done" attitude inspires you to give up on government agencies and just do it yourself. Of course, it also brings to mind newscasts that begin, "Several cyclists were killed today when…."

We'll never know how well the tunnel would have stood the test of time, because someone—"vandals," according to news reports—destroyed it over the weekend. Perhaps they hate cyclists. Maybe they were thought the Celtics won the NBA Finals and they felt like rioting. Or that the Red Sox won the World Series and they felt like rioting. Or that it was Pumpkinfest and they felt like rioting.