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# Venice The answers lie over and under
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/venice-the-answers-lie-over-and-under-editor/
- Published: 2007-04-03T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:21:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Venice, #archive-import

*By Joe Oliva Santa Monica People kill fish, not plastic bags Editor:*

I am against facilitating and enabling people to make long drives that consume fuel and pollute the air.

Policy should favor neighborhoods. Government should be making it easier to get around in your local area. Instead of making it easier to go across town, make it easier to go a few blocks to your local shopping areas. Long drives should be discouraged.

Freeways and big boulevards cut off neighborhoods and make it harder to get around. What is needed are more overpasses and underpasses.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 3, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040307.pdf?ref=smdp.com)