REGULATION OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL RAILROADS: A NATIONAL SURVEY OF PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICE

The overall purpose of the report is to evaluate the perspectives and practice of economic and safety regulation of local and shortline railroads. Specific objectives are to: Review the dynamics of the shortline railroad spinoff movement in the United States and the Mountain Plains Consortium region; Review the existing federal and state regulations related to shortline versus Class I carriers; Detail the existing number, structure, and regulation of shortline railroads in the Mountain Plains consortium region; Determine the extent and effect of regulation from the perspectives of the regulated shortline railroads versus the state regulatory agencies; and, Evaluate the conflicts in regulatory perspectives and their impacts on shortline railroads.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=308
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Department of Transportation, Washington, DC. University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Mountain-Plains Consortium

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States  58108
• Authors:
  • Tolliver, D D
  • Thoms, W E
  • Casavant, K L
• Publication Date: 1993-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 89 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Local transportation; Railroad equipment industry; Regional transportation; Regulations; Safety; Short line railroads
• Uncontrolled Terms: Local service
• Subject Areas: Law; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00669200
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MPC-93-24
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 29 1994 12:00AM