Regional Plan Association concludes that all residents of the New York Metropolitan Region have strong reasons to support the New York State $2½ billion transportation bond issue in the referendum of November 7, 1967.
It will close important highway system gaps in New York City and other congested areas of the State. It will extend expressways ahead of heavy urbanization, minimizing their cost and human disruption and making it possible to shape urban growth rationally.
It will provide funds to modernize and expand the New York City subways and commuter railroads, improving transportation both for those using these services and for those who must use the highways and roads of the Region, which otherwise would become intolerably crowded.
Good transportation is needed to maintain the Region’s (and State’s) economy, particularly as the major emphasis of the economy shifts from manufacturing to office work.
Good transportation affects the total quality of life in the Region. It transforms an urban area into a metropolis: without it, urban man gets only the disadvantages of massed population; with it, as the metropolis grows, he enlarges his choice of jobs, housing types and neighborhoods, goods, services, activities and friends, and his access to the countryside.
