Download or read book Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation written by David Ewing and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report addresses the public benefits and investment needs of intercity passenger rail transportation. AASHTO has published an investment needs report for highways and transit, and intends to publish a report on freight rail investment needs. Cost estimates for intercity passenger rail investment presented in this report were developed independently from those contained in the freight rail report. In combination, these reports provide a complete picture of the benefits of the various surface transportation modes to the U.S. and the value to be realized by both the traveling public and shippers through strategic investments.

Download or read book Intercity Passenger Rail Transportation written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intercity Passenger Rail written by and published by AASHTO. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report was prepared at the request of AASHTO's Standing Committee on Rail Transportation. It provides for AASHTO's members and others committed to developing a national intercity passenger rail system a summary of the recent favorable actions by Congress and the Obama Administration, a description of the work of the states over the past decade, the views of the essential partners to the states and other commentators, and some guidelines for advancing the effort.

Download or read book Intercity Passenger Rail in America written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Moving Intercity Passenger Rail Into the Future written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Past and Future of U S Passenger Rail Service written by Elizabeth Pinkston and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2003 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: Amtrak's current situation -- A brief history of Amtrak -- Amtrak's role in intercity transportation -- The basic economics of passenger rail -- Policy options for the future of passenger rail -- Appendix. Amtrak's interconnections with freight and commuter railroads.

Download or read book Intercity passenger rail issues for consideration in developing an intercity passenger rail policy written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intercity passenger rail Congress faces critical decisions in developing a national policy written by JayEtta Z. Hecker and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This testimony discusses the future of intercity passenger rail. Intercity passenger rail in the United States is at a critical juncture. It has become increasingly clear that the current approach to intercity passenger rail is not likely sustainable. Given Amtrak's worsening financial condition and opportunities for intercity passenger rail to play a larger role in our nation s transportation system, there is growing agreement that the mission, funding, and structure of the current approach to providing intercity passenger rail needs to be changed. There is less agreement on how they should be changed. Both longer-term fiscal pressures and the new commitments undertaken after September 11th sharpen the need to look at competing claims and new priorities. Stated differently, there is a need to consider what is the proper role of the federal government in intercity passenger rail.

Download or read book Future of Intercity Passenger Rail Service and Amtrak written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intercity Passenger and Freight Rail written by Susan Fleming and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concerns about the weak economy, congestion in the transport. system, and the potentially harmful effects of air emissions generated by the transport. sector have raised awareness of the potential benefits and costs of intercity passenger and freight rail relative to other transport. modes such as highways. This report reviewed: (1) the extent to which transport. policy tools that provide incentives to shift passenger and freight traffic to rail may generate emissions, congestion, and economic development benefits; and (2) how project benefits and costs are assessed for investment in intercity passenger and freight rail and how the strengths and limitations of these assessments impact federal decision making. Charts and tables. A print on demand report.

Download or read book The Benefits of Intercity Passenger Rail written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Role of Intercity Passenger Rail During National Emergencies written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Departures written by Anthony Perl and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North America faces a transportation crisis. Gas-guzzling SUVs clog the highways and air travelers face delays, cancellations, and uncertainty in the wake of unprecedented terrorist attacks. New Departures closely examines the options for improving intercity passenger trains' capacity to move North Americans where they want to go. While Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada face intense pressure to transform themselves into successful commercial enterprises, Anthony Perl demonstrates how public policy changes lie behind the triumphs of European and Japanese high-speed rail passenger innovations. Perl goes beyond merely describing these achievements, translating their implications into a North American institutional and political context and diagnosing the obstacles that have made renewing passenger trains so much more difficult in North America than elsewhere. New Departures links the lessons behind rail passenger revitalization abroad with the opportunity to recast the policies that constrain Amtrak and VIA Rail from providing efficient and effective intercity transportation.

Download or read book Intercity Passenger Rail written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intercity Passenger Rail written by Phyllis F. Scheinberg and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Legislative Hearing on the Committee Print Competition for Intercity Passenger Rail in America written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intercity Passenger Rail written by Phyllis F. Scheinberg and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception in 1971, Amtrak has received over $23 billion in Fed. subsidies for operating capital expenses. Over the last 3 yrs., Amtrak has received over $3.6 billion, including about $2.2 billion in 1998 and 1999 that it could use for capital improvements, etc. This report discusses: changes since 1995 in Amtrak's operating costs, including labor costs, payments to freight railroads to access their track, and int. on commercial debt; the projected changes over the next 5 years; and Amtrak's plans to address these costs; Amtrak's short- and long-term capital invest. requirements; and the availability of Fed. and non-Fed. funds for Amtrak's capital invest. Charts and tables.