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travel. And, we have seen only the beginning. The supersonic transport is just around the corner. Giant passenger airplanes are already on order. Progress in this industry seems never to stop.

On the other hand, the struggling, but nonetheless, deteriorating railroad situation speaks for itself. And, highway construction is simply unable to keep abreast of the [[underline]] avalanche of cars which overwhelms [[/underline]] nearly every paved road. The near-[[underline]] breakdown [[/underline]] of transportation naturally concentrates itself in and around population centers and New York provides a striking example.

Our problems of commuting, of cross-town traffic, of congested highways and tunnels, are well-known to each of us. The forecast for twenty years hence indicates a [[underline]] gain [[/underline]] in [[underline]] population [[/underline]] in this region of about [[underline]] 30 percent [[/underline]] for which provisions must be planned now. Experiments are being made on high-speed rail transportation and the thousands upon thousands of miles of highways and throughways continue to grow. Transportation for the commuter and the air passenger from outlying airports and neighboring communities to central areas constitutes a major problem which demands solution. Countless methods for solving these problems have been dreamed about but few, if any, have materialized. The monorail is suggested. Faster [[underline]] and automated [[/underline]] subways are proposed. Combination busses on subway tracks have been designed. Pneumatic tubes have been devised.