Road Warriors

April the Fifteenth was an even more taxing day than usual for commuters in the Washington, D.C., area. That afternoon U.S. district-court judge Stanley Sporkin halted the planned renovation and expansion of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. The bridge, which crosses the Potomac, is deteriorating rapidly. State and federal officials were planning to expand it from six lanes to twelve to ease congestion on the Washington Beltway.

Mr. Adler is the author of Environmentalism at the Crossroads.