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Author : VIA Rail Canada
Publisher : Via Rail Canada
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Heritage and the Future of Passenger Rail written by VIA Rail Canada and published by Via Rail Canada. This book was released on 1985 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David P. Simpson
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309097932
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Preserving Freight and Passenger Rail Corridors and Service written by David P. Simpson and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Efforts to preserve rail corridors or restore rail service to dormant rail alignments across the United States are very uneven. A handful of states have aggressive, well-funded programs to support the preservation or reuse of rail alignments; more states have modest programs to support short line operations on a case-by-case basis, but attach no value to corridor retention per se. In 2005, California completed what is perhaps the nations most comprehensive physical plant inventory of active and abandoned rail corridors; a review driven by interest in passenger rail and nonmotorized corridor interests. A foundation has been set to more fully lever these valuable alignments in this country's most populous state. This synthesis was undertaken to document current practices with respect to rail corridor preservation. State departments of transportation (DOTs), selected metropolitan planning organizations, commuter rail agencies, short line holding companies, and Class I rail carriers were all surveyed for information. Response rates to the survey were moderate, averaging 24%, and overall supporting the notion that preservation of rail alignments is not a high-priority issue in many jurisdictions. A handful of state respondents, however, had a great deal of experience and valuable observations on rail preservation policies and could be said to have become experts on this subject through their dealings with several dozen rail corridors over the past two decades. North Carolina, Ohio, and Pennsylvania DOTs each have serious, well-established rail sections and a history of successful preservation efforts.
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781981520602
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)
Download or read book The Future of Passenger Rail written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of passenger rail : what's next for the Northeast Corridor? : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, first session, April 17, 2013.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Future of Passenger Rail written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randal O'Toole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944424947
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (249 download)
Download or read book Romance of the Rails written by Randal O'Toole and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American transportation has undergone many technological revolutions: from sailing ships to steam ships; from passenger trains and urban rail transit to airplanes and automobiles. Normally, the government has allowed and even encouraged these revolutions, but for some reason the federal government is spending billions of dollars trying to preserve and build obsolete rail transit and passenger train lines, including high-speed trains that cost more but are less than half as fast as flying. O'Toole asks why passenger trains have been singled out -- and whether this policy makes sense. -- adapted from jacket
Author : Susan A. Fleming
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437914454
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)
Download or read book High Speed Passenger Rail written by Susan A. Fleming and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Federal and other decision makers have had a renewed interest in how high speed rail (HSR) might fit into the national transport. system and address increasing mobility constraints on highways and at airports due to congestion. This report reviews: (1) the factors affecting the economic viability-- meaning whether total social benefits offset or justify total social costs -- of HSR projects, incl. difficulties in determining the economic viability of proposed projects; (2) the challenges in developing and financing HSR systems; and (3) the federal role in the potential development of U.S. HSR systems. The auditor interviewed fed., state, local, and private sector officials; and reviewed HSR development in France, Japan, and Spain. Charts and tables.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Freight and 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 2009 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elizabeth Pinkston
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
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 56 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.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
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:
Author : David Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756738860
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (388 download)
Download or read book The Past and Future of US Passenger Rail Service written by David Moore and published by . This book was released on 2003-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study -- prepared at the request of the Senate Budget Committee -- reviews past policies toward Amtrak & the fundamental economics of passenger rail service. The review suggests that there are only limited conditions under which passenger rail service in the U.S. could be economically viable without subsidies. This study also explores the implications of four options for future federal support of passenger rail, ranging from eliminating federal subsidies to funding a massive expansion of rail service. In keeping with CBO's mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, the study makes no recommendations. Charts & graphs.
Author : Sam van der Weerden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781990048098
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Can't Get There from Here written by Sam van der Weerden and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban passenger rail patronage in Auckland and Wellington is now booming after many years of decline. Outside these two centres, however, the situation is quite different: intercity and regional passenger rail services are scarce, and no other city possesses suburban rail. Can't Get There from Here traces the expansion and the contraction of New Zealand's passenger rail network over the last century. What is the historical context of today's imbalance between rail and road? How far and wide did the passenger rail network once run? Why is there an abject lack of services beyond the North Island's two main cities, even as demand for passenger transport continues to grow? This book seeks to answer these questions. In this fascinating study, Andre Brett argues that the trend away from passenger rail might appear inevitable and irreversible but it was not. Things could have been - and still could be - very different. We need to understand the challenges that brought passenger rail to the brink of extinction in order to create policy for future transport that is efficient and sustainable.
Author : Phyllis F. Scheinberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
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:
Author : Phyllis F. Scheinberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (487 download)
Download or read book Intercity Passenger Rail written by Phyllis F. Scheinberg and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ely M. Brandes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Future of Rail Passenger Traffic in the West written by Ely M. Brandes and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Amtrak's Future written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anthony Perl
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813156610
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
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.
Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781976383625
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (836 download)
Download or read book High Speed Passenger Rail written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High speed passenger rail : future development will depend on addressing financial and other challenges and establishing a clear federal role : report to congressional requesters.
