THE IMPACTS ON COMMUNITIES OF ABANDONMENT OF RAILROAD SERVICE. FINAL REPORT

This report seeks, county by county, to show the gross economic consequences of rail line abandonment as part of the Final System Plan development for Conrail as undertaken by the U.S. Railway Association. Specifically it seeks to measure displacement of workers and output, decline in local real income and income, payrolls and non-labor income generated communities. It also estimates the decline in revenues of local suppliers of directly affected firms. The study presents summations, industry by industry, of the gross displacement of jobs and output and the gross reductions in income generated by directly affected plants. The impact of abandonments on use of energy and on the environment is also discussed. The appendix describes the mathematical model used, data acquisition and procedures, field studies and questionnaire used for deriving shipper and consignee information.

• Corporate Authors:

  Public Interest Economics Center

  1714 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Buchanan, S
  • Jones Jr, N H
  • Ferguson, A R
  • Cole, B L
  • Slavsky, B
  • HABIB, V
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 182 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Analysis; Branch lines; Data collection; Economic analysis; Mathematical models; Questionnaires; Socioeconomic factors; Traffic managers
• Identifier Terms: Conrail
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical techniques
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145138
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Railway Association
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volumes 2 and 3
• Contract Numbers: USRA-C-50010
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 1977 12:00AM