PRICING AND SUBSIDY OF AIR AND RAIL PASSENGER TRANSPORT

The background is presented and structure is analyzed of the pricing and subsidization practices of air and rail passenger transportation in Canada. Comment is made on the role of prices in a competitive economy, and on the economic rationale for user charges. The major conceptual, analytical, interpretive and statistical problems in transport cost analysis are briefly examined. The circumstance under which transport subsidies in general and passenger transport subsidies in particular may be justified on the grounds of both efficiency and effectiveness are discussed. The fare structure in rail and air passenger transport and the related trends and patterns are examined. Railway passenger deficits, subsidies and some of the related costing considerations are reviewed, and attempts to forecast subsidies in the near future are discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  Canadian Transport Commission

  275 Slater Street
  Ottawa, ONo K1A 0N9,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • JOHNSTON, E E
  • Ray, A
  • Bunting, P M
  • Mozersky, K A
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 122 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Analysis; Competition; Costs; Economics; Fares; Forecasting; Passenger transportation; Prices; Pricing; Railroad transportation; Subsidies; Transportation; Transportation modes; User charges
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical techniques
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142184
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 246
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1977 12:00AM