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. 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.