TRAINS INTO FLOWERS

This article is critical of the proposed 'rationalization' of trackage and routes as part of the re-organization of Penn Central. The author points out that railroad routes are practically 'irreplaceable' if abandoned, that railroads are much less damaging to the environment than truck transport, and that railroads conserve energy. He is critical of the American railroads which operate at a profit motive, and calls for railroads to be operated as a public service, that is, as a nationalized industry.

• Corporate Authors:

  HarperCollins Publishers

  10 East 53rd Street
  New York, NY  United States  10022
• Authors:
  • Commoner, B
• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 78-86
• Serial:
  • HARPER'S MAGAZINE
  • Volume: 247
  • Issue Number: 1483

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Air pollution; Energy resources; Environmental protection; Governments; Nationalization; Passenger service; Planning; Policy; Subsidies
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Old TRIS Terms: Government planning; Government policies
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050480
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 24 1974 12:00AM