Highway 101 Congestion

[Excerpted from "Which Route To Take?" by Melinda Burns, SBN-P, 1/25/2004]

... Das Williams, a Santa Barbara city councilman, says employers who want to expand should be given incentives to build employee housing themselves. These homes should be located near jobs and close to public transportation, he said.

"Absolutely, you can alleviate congestion by concentrating on work-force housing along transportation corridors," Mr. Williams said. "If you do it right, people will be living and working and shopping close to each other. They'll use mass transit when they are making trips." ...

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