2002 Olympics To Jam Roads, Critics Say

21 November 2000 - 12:00pm

Salt Lake City's Olympic organizers are planning on 95 percent of spectators to travel to Olympic venues in the own vehicles or rental cars.

"Salt Lake City's Olympic organizers have learned nothing from previous Olympic transportation snarls and are dooming the region to gridlock by ignoring long-distance transit during the 2002 Games, critics say. Tom Price, head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee's Environmental Advisory Committee, lambasted SLOC's transportation plan Thursday for counting on 95 percent of spectators to get to Park City and other far-removed venues in their own vehicles or rental cars. "

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune, November 17, 2000
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