Abstract :
The snob appeal of the private car¿an overweight, superpowered, oversized monsterߞhas trapped the American commuter to the point at which he is willing to endure incredible traffic jams, sickening exhaust fumes, and outrageous parking charges for the privilege of traveling to and from work in exclusive style, but questionable comfort. Perhaps the term "mass rapid transit," in itself, has had the unfortunate connotation of strengthening the commuter\´s belief that travel by such a plebeian-sounding system would somehow tend to degrade his standard of living. Nevertheless, the acceptance of mass rapid transit may be the only short-term solution to the concrete invasion of superexpressways into the heart of our major cities. Meanwhile, there has been no scarcity of ideas and proposals for both conventional and "far out" mass transit solutions. In fact, the entire subject has already been researched to exhaustion by technical committees, transportation expertsߞand collegiate science majors. Now it is time to implement the practical ideas by tangible action.
