1. A Hellish Road to Paradise.
- Author
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McGeehan, Patrick
- Subjects
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TRAFFIC congestion , *AUTOMOBILE travel , *TRAFFIC flow , *TRAVELERS , *SUMMER , *MILITARY strategy , *VACATIONS , *TRAFFIC safety , *TRAFFIC engineering , *AUTOMOTIVE transportation , *TRAVEL , *NAVIGATION , *GLOBAL Positioning System - Abstract
Suggests that summer drivers in the U.S. need strategies for avoiding traffic. Strategy of Rob Golding on Scarsdale, New York, on traveling to the Jersey Shore; Golding's long tradition of travel avoidance; The inevitability of encountering congestion on the way to a weekend vacation; Role of technology in informing drivers about where traffic is tied up and how to get around it; Campaign by Maryland to reduce congestion; How most people are constrained by work schedules; Golding's use of a navigation system; Comments of Chuck Jackson of Maryland, who founded an advocacy group called Citizen Advocates for Safe and Efficient Travel.
- Published
- 2005