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From A to B: Dreaming & Planning

By: David Schultz // January 14, 2011
  
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David Edwards, former Fairfax County planner.
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David Edwards, former Fairfax County planner.

The local Transportation Planning Board has a vision for how Washingtonians will get around, long into the future. But what about the old plans? Back in the 1960s and 1970s, what did the transportation gurus think this region would look like? WAMU transportation reporter David Schultz finds out.

[Music: "A to B" by The Futureheads from The Futureheads / "No One Knows My Plan" by They Might Be Giants from John Henry]

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