Newspaper Column: Environmentalists Oppose Laws to Ease Traffic Congestion
Date
2001-02
Authors
Nicoson, William J.
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Publisher
Reston Times
Abstract
Massive tie-ups during rush-hour on the beltway and on all major roads in the corridor stretching from Tysons Corner to Dulles International Airport are routine. At a time of elevated gasoline prices, the economic waste in a landscape clogged with ribbons of idling cars is stunning. Worse still is the waste in time as trapped travelers miss appointments and grind their teeth in impotent frustration. Time is more than money when the acute stress born of time lost endangers health. And, speaking of health, we note that the exhaust emissions of all those compacted engines dayafter-day threaten the respiratory freedom of residents on and off the roads.
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Keywords
Traffic, Dulles (VA) corridor, Environmentalism, Fairfax County (VA), Commuting, General Assembly (VA)