AN ANALYSIS OF AMTRAK'S FIVE YEAR PLAN
Amtrak's 5-year plan requests that the Congress increase the Federal operating grant from the $545 million requested in fiscal year 1978 to $876 million in 1982, an increase of $331 million. This study describes assumptions about inflation and improved efficiency contained in the Amtrak plan. It shows how the Congress can use the plan for making funding decisions and evaluating Amtrak's performance, and suggests ways of improving future 5-year plans.
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Corporate Authors:
U.S. General Accounting Office
441 G Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20548 - Publication Date: 1978-3-6
Media Info
- Pagination: 31 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Appropriations; Budgeting; Cost allocation; Decision making; Evaluation; Federal government; Forecasting; Government funding; Grant aid; High speed rail; Legislation; Operating costs; Passenger trains; Passenger transportation; Planning; Railroad transportation; Subsidies
- Identifier Terms: Amtrak
- Old TRIS Terms: Allocations; Federal budgets
- Subject Areas: Finance; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00175779
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: PAD-78-51
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM