Slow Train
08-22-05, 01:48 PM
Car-Heavy Charles, Spotsylvania Look to Accommodate Walkers
By Ann E. Marimow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 22, 2005; Page B01
The parking lots of Best Buy and Circuit City are about 100 feet apart in the commercial district that sprawls across Route 301 in Southern Maryland. Unless shoppers want to dodge eight lanes of traffic and hop a guardrail, though, they are forced to drive to compare prices.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/21/AR2005082101056.html
My favorite quote:
"The more people we get, the more people ask, 'Why can't I walk or bike anywhere?' " said Spotsylvania's planning director, Richard Goss. "Everything is designed for cars."
By Ann E. Marimow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 22, 2005; Page B01
The parking lots of Best Buy and Circuit City are about 100 feet apart in the commercial district that sprawls across Route 301 in Southern Maryland. Unless shoppers want to dodge eight lanes of traffic and hop a guardrail, though, they are forced to drive to compare prices.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/21/AR2005082101056.html
My favorite quote:
"The more people we get, the more people ask, 'Why can't I walk or bike anywhere?' " said Spotsylvania's planning director, Richard Goss. "Everything is designed for cars."