The average registered vehicle is eight years old. Cars are better made than they were a decade or more ago even though there is a widespread belief that the opposite is true. My interest in Pisarski's thinking was rekindled by an article he wrote for a recent issue of The Virginia News Letter, published by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. Won't Solve Virginia's Traffic Woes. Pisarski argues that mass transit is important but will provide only part of the long-term solution.
Additional roads are necessary.
Before decision-makers throw money away on roads, however, Pisarski wants them to collectively shift their brains into gear. The Washington area needs a regional road authority that operates like the Washington Metropolitan Airport Authority, according to Pisarski. Spoken like a true scholar of traffic. My Friday column will include more from the mind of Alan Pisarski. The Free Lance-Star Publishing Company.