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Public Benefits of Highway System Preservation and Maintenance

Maintenance is work done to keep facilities and equipment in a state of repair or working efficiently. Many professionals responsible for highway management assert that this labor is regularly required to preserve facilities, even when they appear to be in good condition, and that its neglect can...

Privatization of Intercity Rail Passenger Service in the United States

Summary of the Privatization of Intercity Rail Passenger Service in the United States. Included are: A Brief Overview of Amtrak, A Brief Overview of Privatization, Privatization Evaluation Factors, and a Conclusion.

Performance Measures to Improve Transportation Systems

Summary of the Second National Conference held at the Beckman Center in Irvine, California on August 22-24, 2004. Includes the Opening Session, Impact of Performance Measures on Internaland External Relationships, Tying Together Performance-Based Bporgram Development and Delivery, Data and Tools...

Pennsylvania Rail Freight Assistance Program

The Rail Freight Assistance Program (RFAP) provides financial assistance for investment in rail freight infrastructure. The intent of the Program is 1) to preserve essential rail freight service where economically viable and 2) to stimulate employment growth through generation of new or expanded...

Methodology for Computing Public Benefits of Diverting Passenger Trips from Conventional Modes to HSGT Modes of Travel

In 1995 the Federal Railroad Administration conducted a Commercial Feasibility Study (CFS) of new high speed ground transportation (HSGT) intercity modes. The HSGT modes included guided ground transportation technologies ranging from existing steel-wheel-on-rail fossil-fueled systems in the U.S. to...

High Speed Passenger Rail Corridor Conference

A hardcopy of the High Speed Passenger Rail Corridor Conference held on March 26 and 27, 1996. Included are: program agenda, list of attendees, EY 1997 Budget Request, HSGT Outreach Overview, Status of State Programs, HSFT Safety and Research and Development, Section 1010/1036 Grade Crossing...

Final Standards, Classification, and Designation of Lines of Class I Railroads in the United States Volume I

The Department has attempted to reconcile or explain apparent inconsistencies with the purpose and goals of the Act. The Final Report hopefully reflects the best judgment of the public and the Federal Government. More importantly, both the public and the Government recognize the report as merely a...

A Reexamination of the Amtrak Route Structure

In 1970, th e Rail Passenger Service Act was enacted into law, and on May 1, 1971, federally sponsored intercity rail passenger service began. The Act, which envisioned limited interim Federal funding, had as its objective the improvement of deteriorating rail passenger service and the...

The Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Master Plan

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) Infrastructure Master Plan is the result of a precedent-setting region-wide collaboration among 12 Northeast states and the District of Columbia, Amtrak, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), eight commuter and three freight railroads operating on the Northeast...

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and High-Speed Ground Transportation

Contains extracts from the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and High-Speed Ground Transportation Symposium held on November 18, 1998 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Included is: the agenda and list of attendees, contacts, Rail Highway Crossing Hazard Elimination HSGT Corridors, "Swift Act...

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