LOCAL RAIL SERVICE ASSISTANCE: OBJECTIVES AND INITIAL TRENDS

A rail freight subsidy program initiated two and one half years ago in the United States is examined here. Initial goals and objectives of the program are presented along with an analysis of freight traffic levels and trends. The analysis reveals that: traffic is significantly below the unviable level that existed in 1973 and the dominant trend in traffic has been negative for the first 29 months of service; the program is not being used as a transitional pre-abandonment program; and, the states have been unable to build traffic to viable levels on lines in the program.(a)

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• Authors:
  • Black, W R
• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 351-360
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 13A
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Federal government; Financing; Freight transportation; Mathematical analysis; Policy; Railroad traffic; Railroad transportation; State government; Subsidies; Traffic density
• Identifier Terms: Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
• Uncontrolled Terms: Increase
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Light density lines
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 244: Financing; 741: Goods traffic; 183: Government (national); 9032: Increase; 173: Policy; 1173: Rail bound transport; 673: Traffic concentration; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Policy; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00309930
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1980 12:00AM