Excerpt from Report by the Chief Engineer Submitting for Consideration a Comprehensive Rapid Transit Plan Covering All Boroughs of the City of New York<br/><br/>For proper municipal growth and development well-considered City planning is absolutely essential. No satisfactory City plan can be devised without giving proper study to transit requirements and facilities. In fact, without proper and adequate transit service normal municipal growth is certain to be retarded and abnormal and con gested conditions develop in certain metropolitan districts and strangulation of growth results in neglected areas.
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