PRAGUE (Reuters) – Traffic could increase by 1,000 percent on some European east-west routes in the next decade with the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, transport chiefs said here Thursday.  

They called for a policy to integrate road, rail, air and water transport to meet the needs of increased traffic throughout Europe while protecting the environment.  

At a European Community-sponsored conference, representatives from 30 countries adopted a declaration that estimated traffic could grow by 40 percent in Europe over the next 10 years. Traffic on some routes could increase by 1,000 percent in that period, the document said.  

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