Transportation Decisions

The New York Metropolitan Region faces two basic transportation decisions:

1. 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?
2. 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?