A CURRENT VIEW OF A PORTION OF THE EASTERN U.S. TRANSPORT MARKET

Rail carriers in the eastern United States are in a state of or near to bankruptcy. This paper explores the total flows of manufacturing traffic (standard transportation commodity codes 20 to 39) which traditionally moves by rail by constructing regional origin-destination matrices from the 1963 and 1967 censuses of transportation. Matrices are constructed for total goods movement and for rail movement. They are then analysed to see what profile they present for each year, and are compared to see what has occurred over this time. These results are summarised to show their significance for the eastern rail problem. It is found that traffic in goods traditionally carried by rail is increasing, but it is moving by other modes. It is suggested that aggressive management is needed for rail services. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  London School of Economics and Political Science

  Houghton Street, Aldwych
  London WC2A 2AE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Allen, W B
• Publication Date: 1975-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 50-61
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: University of Bath
  • ISSN: 0022-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Commodities; Competition; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Management; Manufactures; Marketing; Mathematical matrices; Mathematical models; Network analysis; Origin and destination; Railroads; Regions; Statistics; Traffic; Traffic counts; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Network flows
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Commodity statistics; Railway
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 283: Freight; 1112: Freight transport; 3647: Manufacture; 6494: Matrix; 687: Origin destination traffic; 378: Region; 755: Traffic; 689: Traffic count; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134315
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1976 12:00AM