[PDF] Intercity Passenger Rail Issues For Consideration In Developing An Intercity Passenger Rail Policy eBook

Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 10,60 MB
Release : 2017-10-21
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ISBN : 9781978448278

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Intercity Passenger Rail: Issues for Consideration in Developing an Intercity Passenger Rail Policy

Author : U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 29,68 MB
Release : 2013-06
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ISBN : 9781289084998

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 17,92 MB
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0309390745

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TRB Special Report 320: Interregional Travel: A New Perspective for Policy Making examines the demand for and supply of interregional transportation in the United States. Major additions to transportation infrastructure, including high-speed rail, are being considered for some of the country’s most heavily traveled 100- to 500-mile corridors. The availability and use of the automobile, airplane, and train for interregional travel are reviewed along with the rejuvenated intercity bus. U.S. interregional corridors and transportation options are contrasted with those in Japan and Europe, where substantial investments have been made in passenger rail. Public investments in new, long-lived transportation infrastructure can be risky because of uncertainty about future demand and the development of new technologies and competing transportation services. Decisionmakers in interregional corridors face the added challenge of having to coordinate investments across multiple jurisdictions. The report recommends actions to reduce this uncertainty and create stronger institutional means for developing the country’s interregional corridors. TR News 303 features an article on Interregional Travel: A New Perspective for Policy Making. A video about the research is now available: At the 2016 TRB Annual Meeting, January 10-14, 2016, a session entitled Interregional Travel: Policymaking from a New Perspective was webcast live. These videos provide an overview of various components of the project. Introduction: Part 1: Overview of Project Scope Part 2: Data and Information Needs Part 3: Intercity Bus Operations Question and Answer Session Presenters: Tom Deen Nancy McGuckin Joe Schweiterman Moderated by: Martin Wachs

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Publisher : AASHTO
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 16,61 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1560514442

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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.

Author : United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,87 MB
Release : 2018-02-03
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ISBN : 9781984990181

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Intercity Passenger Rail: Congress Faces Critical Decisions in Developing a National Policy

Author : Anthony Perl
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 28,86 MB
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0813156610

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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.