Interstate Highway Project
Seen As Outstanding
LOS ANGELES FREEWAY-This four-level
interchange freeway is the product of the
Federal-State highway program, now seven
years old and nearing the mid-point of its
race to accommodate an increasingly mobile
citizenry. (UPI)
By JOSEPH D. HUTNYAN
United Prett International
Washington - lUPU - The na
tion gradually is being
swathed in bands of concrete
and asphalt which some ex
perts believe already have
saved thousands of lives and
exerted a lasting influence on
American social customs.
The new look is the pro
duct of the federal-state high
way program, now seven
years old and nearing the
mid point of its race to ac
commodate an increasingly
mobile citizenry.
It is an event that is stir
ring up new debate about old
concepts, not only among en
gineers and highway admin
istrators but among psycholo
gists and sociologists.
The planned 41,000 -mile
network of so-called defense
highways is scheduled for
competion by 1972. The Bu
reau of Public Roads reported
today that by the end of last
June, 14,800 miles were open
to traffic. Another 5,300
miles were under construc
tion. About 77 per cent of the
total either was handling traf
fic, under construction or in
some phase of the -planning
process.
The federal government is
paying 90 per cent of the
approximate $41 billion dol
lar cost.
Work on Schedule
Meanwhile, assessments of
the interstate program's pro
gress are coming in almost
as fast as the concrete or as
phalt is being poured.
Federal highway officials
are satisfied the mileage is be
ing licked off on schedule
and that the nationwide net
work will be a reality by
1972.
But the automotive lobbies
argue that the pace will have
to be speeded up in the next
nine years if that rosy predic
tion is to come true.
Avid mass transportation
advocates say the whole thing
is a multi-billion dollar mon
ument to misplaced emphasis.
They contend that rails, not
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And transportation experts
feel the new accent on free
way travel already has left
its imprint on the American
scene even though still in its
early years. Some of the ob
servations include:
Higher safety standards
on the new roads have saved
an estimated 6.000 lives in the
past three years..
-The capacity to travel
longer distances in shorter
periods has opened up new
regions to the touring Amer
ican and broadened his per
spective and range of inter
est. . -Communities near the
freeways fanning out in the
50 states have felt their
presence in their economic
lives.
Aidt Construction
-The knowledge gleaned
from the new splurge of road
building has aided highway
construction technology and
safety research.
-The new emphasis on high
sustained speeds has influ
enced the kinds of vehicles
that are rolling off today's
automotive assembly lines.
Even those closest to the
project concede that it is not
easy to write a progress re
port on the interstate program
because of its size and many
facets. (It often has been
called the biggest public
works project ever conceived
by man).
For instance, the states
getting most of the attention
are those emphasizing con
struction. However, others,
while opening few new miles
of roadway, are spending
their time and money snap
ping up rights-of-way which
they consider a more pressing
problem.
In several states, the pro
gram has been tarnished by
scandal but the bureau does
not expect this to affect the
time schedule.
"We are on the lookout
for waste and irregularities,"
one official told UPI. "How
ever, we think there have
been remarkably few proven
cases when you consider the
mammoth size of this enter
prise." Fear Congestion
Mass transportation adher
ents feel that federal plan
ners are going out of their
way to dump more automo
biles into already congested
urban areas.
They argue; that the na
tion s transportation pattern
must put more stress on moV'
ing numbers of persons by
rail, especially those day-to
day commuters from suburbia.
The most heated opposition
has been of a localized na
ture - irom neighborhood
groups who are enthusiastic
about new highways but
would like them built some
where else. Or from citizen
organizations incensed over
potential destruction of an
historical shrine or some
other cherished landmark.
Generally, the interstate
program seems to have public
endorsement - for at least one
obvious reason. There are few
voters who at some time dur
ing a week don't find them
selves in the family car, its
tires singing along on a vast
new expanse of roadway
sprinkled with red-white-and-
blue Interstate markers.
Economists feel the new ex
pressways pep up business not
only in those communities
they touch but in some that
they miss.
The Bureau of Public Roads
recently released a survey re
porting that construction of
highway by-passes around a
city generally helped business
and increased real estate val
ues in the community. It ac
complished this by freeing
city streets of through traffic,
opening up more parking
spaces and making it attrac
tive to shop again in the down
town area. .
Pott-War Fever
The crisp new highways
spanning the nation s heart
lands are considered by many
sociologists as symbolic of a
fever of the post-war years-
the yen to get out and go
places. Americans are making
more money than ever before.
They also have more time to
spend it because they are
working fewer hours. Thus,
the average family is roaming
farther from home across the
new expressways in cars es
pecially designed to absorb
the punishingly high speeds
permitted.
As for the safety aspects of
the new Interstate roads, au
thorities say the new limited
access roads save lives main
ly by eliminating the stop-and-go
character of traffic and by
including wide medial strips
to avoid deadly head-on
crashes. .
One estimate placed the fa
tality rates on the new roads
50 to 75 per cent 'lower than
on the highways they re
placed. . The Bureau of Public Roads
is preparing more refined
safety studies but its prelim
inary data indicates the Inter
state system saved 2,000 lives
in 1960 and at least that many
in the following two years:
"In my opinion," one high
way official said, "you will
find that when the evidence
is in, the Interstate program
will be the greatest single
thing that has ever been done
in the name of safety."
Seven Criteria of
Education Discussed
At Kiwanis Lunch
"Don't rest on your laurels.
Strive to improve your qual
ity education."
That is what Mrs. Betty
Lou Dunlop, Southern Oregon
college associate professor of
education, advised yesterday
at the noon luncheon of Med
ford Kiwanis club.
She spoke on "Philosophy
of Education" at a meeting
which also noted the 40th an
niversary of the club. A birth-
day cake was the gift of
Rogue Valley Country club.
Bill Warner, first Medford
Kiwanis president, was pre
sented a life membership by
Curtis Nesheim, incumbent
president of the service club.
The Medford club dates
from Aug. 22, 1923.
Repeats Talk
Mrs. Dunlop, repeating a
talk she gave recently before
the Medford school districts
citizens advisory committee
on education, listed seven cri
teria or cardinal principals of
education and outlined how
Medford schools have met
them.
The criteria are making
sure students command fun
damental processes, good
health, worthy home member
ship, vocational efficiency,
civic efficiency, worthy use of
leisure time and ethical char
acter. Outlining the tradition
alist, essentialist and progres
sive views on education, Mrs.
Dunlop said that public
schools reflect the voters and
their diversity of thought so
they have all three philoso
phies.
She pointed out that Med
ford has a "democratic" ap
proach to education and de
clared, "You try for quality."
Well-Rounded Program
On the matter of funda
mental process, Mrs. Dunlop
told of the well rounded pro
gram for academically and
non-academically inclined and
for the slow learner. On the
criteria of health she men
tioned the "tremendous" phys
ical education program, meet
ing needs of children of al
most every age. She spoke of
tne growth study which, she
said, may become one of the
most famous studies in the
United States. She pointed to
tne counselling program.
On the matter of worthy
home membership, she report
ed that Medford schools stress
individual responsibility, pre
sent group living situations
ana nave excellent homemak-
ing studies. She cited advance
placement, the distributive ed
ucation program and trade
and business courses as exam
ples of vocational efficiency
Civic Efficiency
Leading toward civic effi
ciency, she slated, are student
body government, state con
fcrence, the program bring'
ing foreign exchange students
and city government day. She
mentioned the. ability of pres
ent day students to get up be
fore a group and talk.
On worthy use of leisure
time, Mrs. Dunlop spoke of
Medford's ever-growing li
brary facility and the driver
training, music, speech, dra
matic and fine arts and crafts
programs.
Regarding ethical character
she said that Medford has a
staff of administrators with
fine precepts and stressed the
need for a strong administra
live staff and outstanding
teachers for their influence
upon the students.
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