Peter Craig, died at the age of 81

The Washington Post reports today, in the obituary entitled "Fought to keep superhighways out of D.C.," that Peter Craig, then a lawyer at a prominent and connected DC law firm, Covington & Burling, and a key leader of the fight against building freeways in DC, has died. After working for Southern Railway Company, Mr. Craig became a high level official, upon the creation of the U.S. Department of Transportation. He returned to the Southern Railway Company after his service at USDOT.

Poster highlighting the creation of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and celebratory events on the National Mall, 4/1/1967