IS DEREGULATION CUTTING SMALL COMMUNITIES' TRANSPORTATION LINKS?

In the 2 years following deregulation, bus lines abandoned 20% of the communities they served, and airlines abandoned 17% of the airports they served. But those cuts were not due to deregulation alone. Bus lines were abandoning routes even before deregulation, and nearly 75% of the airline abandonments were due to the companies' going out of business, not to their pursuit of more lucrative markets. Cuts in bus service are more serious, however, since people who take buses often lack access to other forms of transport. This article takes a further look at the effects of deregulation on the transportation links of small and often underserved communities.

• Corporate Authors:

  Department of Agriculture

  Economics, Statistics and Cooperative Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20250
• Authors:
  • Oster Jr, C V
• Publication Date: 1988-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 13-16
• Serial:
  • Rural Development Perspectives
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Economic Research Service

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Airlines; Airports; Bus lines; Bus routes; Bus transportation; Business practices; Deregulation; Economic factors; Economic impacts; Private enterprise; Routes; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Economics; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00791454
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 2000 12:00AM