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The fate of the plan, the report warns, "will send a clear message to the public as to whether or not conventional transportation solutions will be forced on our community, even to the point of destroying it."
Ms. Van Wagoner said at a press conference in Middleburg that the eyes of the nation are on this effort. Traffic calming, hatched in Europe 30 years ago to preserve the serenity of residential communities, is still relatively new in the U.S. But nowhere has •it been applied to a 20-mile stretch of rural countryside.
"The basic philosophy is that the . road can do more than be a conduit for t commuter traffic — that we can all • share that road,” she said. *
With traffic calming and reduced ‘ speed limits, the coalition has calculat- ] ed that driving time will be increased . between two and five minutes for the . 20-mile stretch, for an overall driving ! time of 27 minutes and 25 seconds. Volunteer drivers made repeated runs to gather the data, going at the present posted speed, the "prevailing" speed, rush-hour speed, and the traffic-calming speed.
The steering committee, which has been meeting every Monday since last February, is attempting to pave the way for approval. Its members have met with supervisors in both Loudoun
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