
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, August 12, 1993                   TAG: 9309110290
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A10   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BARBARA N. DUERK
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

'SMART' CARS ARE PARKED AT HOME

THE DEPARTMENT of Transportation should not, cannot, continue to asphalt Virginia for the sake of individuals in automobiles. The numbers substantiate, and daily experience in traffic confirms, that each year there are more vehicles on the roadways.

Additional vehicles on Virginia roads means that citizens suffer the consequences of unacceptable air quality, traffic jams, parking problems, polluted-rainwater runoff from paved parking lots and additional taxes on gas.

Alternative modes of transportation are the answer - buses, bicycles, trains and even feet. We need the services of motor lines and rail lines to bring commuters in from outlying areas. The ``smart'' road and the ``smart'' car that are being designed to monitor traffic and reroute you around congested areas are not the answer for moving transportation into the 21st century. A connection between the New River and Roanoke valleys should be implemented. But it should be centered around non-fo

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