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Show Paved Roads Increase 1 Motor Vehicle Travel Paved highways increase the amount of motor vehicle travel. Every motorist luis seen instances of where comparatively little-used ronds become arteries of heavy trallic almost as soon us the pavement of the new surfacing was ready for use. An Instance of a well-known highway high-way will serve to bring out this point In 1019 n stretch of the Pacific highway high-way near Medford, Ore., was paved. In 1019 4,418 tourist automobiles passed over the stretch of road, while In 1920 the number Increased to 22,-000. 22,-000. Plainly, the paving of highways means that the traffic over them must be Increased. This most result In congestion con-gestion of vehicles unless the roads are built wider than was necessary in the case of the dirt or gravel highway. And we find that everywhere today It Is the policy of road builders to lay wider pavements on the highways. They realize that this Is the only wny of making motor traffic snfe and efficient effi-cient to the highest possible degree. We find that In many places where old pavements have become Inadequate Inade-quate because of the constant Increase In the number of motor vehicles, those In charge of road-construction pro-grams pro-grams have made them wider by adding add-ing new strips of pavement at the side. The user of roads must recognize the need of wider pavements and do his part In the work to bring wider highways for his community. Such work on bis part will make drWlng more safe and more comfortable for him ns well as all other users of the roads. |