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To: TimF who wrote (132513)	2/12/2001 1:58:46 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580429

To some extent new freeways do create new sprawl. But to a large extent development would happen anyway. Tim, Yes, but there is a difference....freeways encourage the use of the car and hence, sprawling development which uses up much more land. Sprawl has become the four letter word in planning. The new freeway might not improve traffic much, but it keeps it from getting worse. Wrong...its gets worse fast. The sprawled development begets more sprawled development. But you live in DC so you should no that....the ring road around DC [495?] was supposed to take traffic, not heading for DC, around it. Instead development followed its path and now the ring road is ringed by office bldgs, strip malls, apts, etc, and as you must know, has horrendous traffic jams at most times of the day [and probably nite]. ted