MATERIALS CONCERNING THE EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION ON RAILROADS AND AN ECONOMIC PROFILE OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES

This staff study consists of six major parts: Cost of Regulation and Regulatory Time Lag; Cost of Subsidy program for light Density Lines; Discriminatory State Taxation; Employment Levels and Employee Protection in the Railroad Industry; Estimates of Transportation Expenditures; and Key Economic Facts of Rail Transportation. Extensive statistical data is presented in each of these areas to support points made by the study. The bibliography consists of a complete listing, 145 citations, by the Library of Congress Congressional Research Service.

• Corporate Authors:

  United States House of Representatives

  Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
  Washington, DC  United States  20515
• Publication Date: 1975-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 95 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Branch lines; Competition; Inland waterways; Legislation; Maintenance; Mergers; Motor carriers; Policy; Regulations; Statistics; Subsidies; Taxation; Transportation modes; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies; Government regulations; National transportation policies
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Motor Carriers; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131031
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Congress
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 17
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM