Show Bicentennial Traffic Is Topic of Study The US U.S. Department of Transportation has begun a sharing cost-sharing study with Tufts University and the city of Salem Mass to find ways to ease the impact of expected bicentennial tourist traffic congestion congestion con con- in US U.S. cities with major major major ma ma- jor historic and scenic The study will be conducted by graduate students at Tufts under the direction of Dr Hermann H. H Field director director director tor of the university's graduate program in urban social and environmental policy The he study will include an investigation of current transportation trans systems and parking provisions within affected cities and land use patterns and development de de- de predictions as they affect traffic projections within the cities Also the historic cultural facilities will be evaluated evalu evalu- evaluated in terms of physical condition con and ability to handle current and ami expected tourist volumes |