TRENDS AND CHOICES FOR INTERCITY PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION IN AN ERA OF RESOURCE STRINGENCY--A PROBLEM POSED

Common-carrier rail and bus transportation represent technologies of proven worth for expansion in an age of resource shortage. They can provide an alternative to the private auto for intercity travel and a substitute for air travel in dense corridors. Bus service, coordinated with major air and rail routes, can provide an augmented, resource-effective substitute for light-density air and rail routes. Industry structure of the rail and intercity bus operators, combined with extensive federal regulation, has discouraged development of coordinated service. The author suggests that solutions are possible.

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• Authors:
  • Nupp, B
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 48-52
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: http://www.jstor.org/page/journal/transportationj/about.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Competition; Energy resources; Feeder buses; Intercity transportation; Intermodal transportation; Passenger trains; Passenger transportation; Railroad traffic; Regulations; Traffic density; Transportation modes
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Old TRIS Terms: Government regulations; Light density lines
• Subject Areas: Energy; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322785
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 30 1980 12:00AM