AVAILABILITY AND USE OF ABANDONED RIGHTS OF WAY. TASK 4. C. CASE STUDIES OF RAILROAD ABANDONMENTS

In accordance with requirements of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act a survey and case studies were undertaken of programs utilizing or attempting to utilize abandoned railroad rights of way for public purposes. The results of the survey are described in Task 4 (A) (B). This Task discusses the case studies which explored the problems, solutions and benefits associated with right of way conversion.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Task 4, A and B, PB-265 995. Also available in set of 6 reports PC E17, PB-265 991-SET.
• Corporate Authors:

  Harbridge House, Incorporated

  11 Arlington Street
  Boston, MA  United States  02116

  Department of Transportation

  Office of Environmental Affairs, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • O'Donahoe, G
  • Bowen, R
• Publication Date: 1977-1-17

Media Info

• Pagination: 303 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Benefit cost analysis; Eminent domain; Nationalization; Ownership; Property acquisition; Railroad tracks; Railroads; Real property; Right of way (Land); Surveys; Utilization
• Identifier Terms: Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
• Old TRIS Terms: Land titles
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154848
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT/TES-77/005 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-60514
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 22 1977 12:00AM