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Presents Projections

This report, according to the firm, "presents
analyses and projections of several land use and
socio-economic factors which will be used by the
Virginia Department of Highways in determining
future transportation requirements for the Charlottesville
area."

Mr. Foster stated that the land use plan within
the report "was merely an extrapolation of present
conditions and not an ideal plan." He went on
to say that the report represented an estimate of
trends but did not ask if these trends should be
allowed to continue.

In making a report of this type, data collected
by the investigating firm is fed into a gravity
computer model which allocates the traffic and
gives an idea of where to construct new highways
and increase the efficiency of other roads.