The Benefits and Costs of Local and Regional Railroads

The objective of this study is to determine whether local and regional railroads are beneficial for North Dakota. This is the basic question which must be answered before informed public policy can be developed. Specific objectives are: (1) To quantify the potential efficiency gains of local and regional railroads; (2) To project the secondary economic and transportation infrastructure effects of line sales; (3) To estimate the overall benefits and costs of local and regional railroads; and (4) To highlight the distributional effects on major groups.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=228
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60186
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  1320 Albrecht Boulevard
  Fargo, ND  United States  581052

  North Dakota State Highway Department

  State Highway Building, Capitol Grounds
  Bismarck, ND  United States  58505

  Federal Railroad Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tolliver, Denver D
• Publication Date: 1989-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Research Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 124p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Economic benefits; Economics; Freight transportation; Railroad transportation
• Geographic Terms: North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01790155
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UGPTI Publication No. 80, DP-80
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 1 2021 3:05PM