The New York Metropolitan Region faces two basic transportation decisions:
Shall the commuter service of the New Haven Railroad and other financially failing railroads be maintained? If so, should it be maintained by continuous public subsidy of the present operations, with mounting costs and deteriorating service, or should the public move to cut costs and improve service?
Shall the Tri-State Transportation Committee, now beginning a study of the transportation system needed by the Region over the next generation, recommend a system that fits the kind of Region we will consciously choose or the kind of Region we are building without regional planning?