THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 19, 1997              TAG: 9701180026
SECTION: COMMENTARY              PAGE: J4   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                            LENGTH:   20 lines

LIGHT RAIL WOULD SERVE ALL CITIES

To the people of Virginia Beach who don't want to co-exist with other cities, light rail would not be only for Norfolk. It would also move hundreds of people who live in Virginia Beach and work at ``Norfolk's'' jobs.

Look at which way all the traffic is going at rush hour. It isn't to those $5-an-hour jobs Virginia Beach offers on Atlantic Avenue.

Next time you're stuck in rush-hour traffic coming from the Beach, going to our Ford plant, amphibious base, airport, downtown, air station, N.I.T. or our naval base, to list a few, ask the guy sitting next to you how good a light rail would be.

BARBARA E. GASKINS

Norfolk, Jan. 6, 1997