PROGRAM SURVIVAL AND TERMINATION: STATE SUBSIDIES OF AMTRAK

In recent years a combination of rising costs, slow revenue growth, and taxpayer resistance to tax increases has led to reductions in funding for some public programs and, in some cases, outright terminations of programs. This article seeks to explain why state subsidies for Amtrak service have survived in some states and have been terminated in others.

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015023846507?urlappend=%3Bseq=601
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7938948
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  P.O. Box 2055, Saugatuck Station
  Westport, CT  United States  06880-0055
• Authors:
  • Nice, D C
• Publication Date: 1988-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 571-585
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: State aid; Subsidies
• Identifier Terms: Amtrak
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476944
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM