The cities in the East compare to the cities in the West in much the same way that mature women would compare to adolescent maidens. The cities in the East have compacted, restrained, well-positioned pockets of density; the population and industry in cities of the West seem to have the propensity to sprawl asymmetrically to occupy the greatest area with the least anatomy. Since the population is so diversely distributed in the western states, transportation between concentrations of population and industry is not generally served through the use of rapid transit or other community transportation facilities. Furthermore, the more desirable residential areas were and are significantly distant from areas of industry. Therefore it became necessary, particularly during the Second World War, for the inhabitants of such areas as Los Angeles County to provide their own means of transportation to and from centers of commerce. The mode of transportation utilized was the automobile. During the Second World War industrial growth in California proceeded at an astronomical rate. The great growth of industry, coupled with the unparalleled intensity of the use of the automobile as a method of transportation, brought with it mushrooming problems of air pollution. Due to environmental conditions peculiar to the Los Angeles basin, this air pollution manifested itself in discomfort to the eyes and respiratory tract of the inhabitants. The County of Los Angeles became blanketed with a brownish haze which was given the misnomer smog.l For a number of years it seemed as if this phenomenon was peculiar to Los Angeles and was not really indicative of an air pollution problem which would become national, if not international, in scope. However, the experiences first felt by those in Los Angeles have occurred with ever increasing frequency in other urban areas throughout the United States.2 Greater use of the automobile and in-