COMMUNITY IMPACT OF ABANDONMENT OF RAILROAD SERVICE

This study provides an overview and analysis of the problem of track abandonment, including its economic and social impact, and the development of a basic model relating rail abandonment to income and employment levels in affected communities. The study was developed from nationally available data using the county as the community structure.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Developed for use by USRA for planning purposes.
• Corporate Authors:

  Public Interest Economics Center

  1714 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 219 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Bibliographies; City planning; Economic analysis; Economic models; Socioeconomic factors
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00095424
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Railway Association
• Report/Paper Numbers: USRA/R-009 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: USRA-C-50010
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1975 12:00AM