January 10, 2007: Virginia Business Magazine "It's not all about roads "
I read your January cover story on transportation gridlock with great disappointment. Never once were transportation alternatives such as rail or transit mentioned. Nor was Virginians for Better Transportation mentioned that started an education and advocacy campaign three years ago and continues today.
State Sen. Charles Hawkins (R-Chatham), chairman of the transportation subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee, best describes the Virginia transportation dilemma. "This can't be just about roads," he consistently says. And he follows that regular comment with the fact that he lives at the end of a dirt road in rural Southside Virginia.