ABSTRACT
The Soviet Union requires a considerable extension of its railway mileage in order that its transportation facilities may be adequate to the new program of industrialization. The outstanding project in new construction by the Soviet Union has been the completion of the Turkestan-Siberian Railway connecting Siberia with Kazakstan and Central Asia. Realizing the importance of motor transportation both as a feeder to the trunk-line railroads and as independent transportation units for local traffic, the Soviet leaders have planned for mass production of automobiles along American lines. The system of navigable inland waterways of the Soviet Union is the largest in the world, amounting to over 55,000 miles compared with 29,000 miles in the United States. The vast area of Soviet Russia and the lack of other adequate transportation facilities together with the low cost of opening new air lanes of traffic has stimulated greatly the development of an air service.
