COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
By His Excellency
JOHN A. VOLPE
Governor

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 57

    WHEREAS, a system of efficient, modern transportation in the
Commonwealth is vitally important to the occupational needs and
recreational welfare of its citizens, the development of business
and industry, and the economic health of its 351 cities and
towns;

    WHEREAS, such an advanced system of transportation is de-
pendent upon a variety of public and private modes of travel;

    WHEREAS, planning, cooperation, and coordination at the
highest levels are essential to the development of the most
efficient state-wide transportation system possible;
 
    WHEREAS, it is essential that the transportation needs of
the Commonwealth be a major concern and responsibility of the
government of the Commonwealth, acting through its appropriate
agencies;

    NOW, THEREFORE, by all the authority vested in me, I do
hereby issue this order.

    1.  There is hereby created a council to be known as the
Governor's Advisory Council on Transportation consisting of
representatives of the City of Boston, Massachusetts Aeronautics
Commission, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massa-
chusetts Port Authority, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority,
Metropolitan District Commission, railroads serving Massachusetts,
State Commission on Administration and Finance, State Department
of Public Works, State Department of Commerce and Devel-
opment, and State Department of Public Utilities.

    2.  It shal be the duty of the Council

    a)  To collect, review, analyze, and make available to the
	Governor on a continuing basis all information relating
	to present and projected plans and programs of all	
	state agencies and departments, political subdivisions
	of the Commonwealth having responsibilities for trans-
	portation, as well as the  proposals of private groups
	concerned with transportation.

    b)  To suggest priorities for action, and to assist public
	and private agencies in their efforts to coordinate
	planning programs for an efficient state-wide system of
	land, sea, and air transportation.

    c)  To assist in proposing and supporting the legislation
	and financing needed to implement the suggested pro-
	grams.

    d)  To advise the Governor on all matters relating to the
	improvement and modernization of transportation in
	Massachusetts.

Given at the Executive Chamber
in Boston this twenty-seventh
day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred
and sixty-eight and of the In-
dependence of the United States
of America, one hundred and
ninety-third.

JOHN A. VOLPE
Governor
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

JOHN F. X. DAVOREN
Secretary of the Commonwealth