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which some day will lead to peace on earth; fares have been lowered, making it possible for multitudes to travel. And, we have seen only the begin-ning. 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, high-way construction is simply unable to keep abreast of the avalanche of cars which overwhelms nearly every paved road. The near-breakdown of trans-portation naturally concentrates itself in and around population center and New York provides a case in point.
Our problems of commuting, of cross-town traffic, of congested high-ways and tunnels, are well-known to each of us. The forecast for twenty years hence indicates a gain in popu-lation in this region of about 30 per-cent 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 neighbor-ing communities to central areas con-stitutes a major problem with de-mands solution. Countless methods for solving these problems have been dreamed about but few, if any, have materialized. The monorail is sug-gested. Faster and automated subways are proposed. Combination busses on

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