Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Federal Role in National Rail Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Federal Role in National Rail Policy
Author: United States CongressPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781978101555
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
The federal role in national rail policy: hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, September 15, 2010.
The Federal Role in National Rail Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antitrust law
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
The Federal Role in National Rail Policy, S. Hrg. 111-1063, September 15, 2010, 111-2 Hearing, *.
Author: National Railroad Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Economic Growth and StabilizationPublisher:
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Category : Railroads and state
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
High Speed Passenger Rail
Author: Susan A. FlemingPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437914454
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
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.
Federal Role in Meeting Infrastructure Needs
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Transportation and InfrastructurePublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Railroads and American Political Development
Author: Zachary CallenPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700623000
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
America's founders envisioned a federal government of limited and enumerated powers. What they could not envision, of course, was the vast and complex infrastructure that the growing nation would demand—a demand that became ever clearer as the power and importance of railroads emerged. The requirements of a nationwide rail network, it also became clear, far exceeded the resources of state and local government and private industry. The consequences, as seen in this book, amounted to state building from the ground up. In Railroads and American Political Development Zachary Callen tells the story of the federal government's role in developing a national rail system—and the rail system's role in expanding the power of the federal government. The book reveals how state building, so often attributed to an aggressive national government, can also result from local governments making demands on the national state—a dynamic that can still be seen at work every time the US Congress takes up a transportation bill. Though many states invested in their local railroads, and many quite successfully, others were less willing or less capable—so rail development necessarily became a federal concern. Railroads and American Political Development shows how this led to the Land Grant Act of 1850, a crucial piece of legislation in the building of both the nation's infrastructure and the American state. Chronicling how this previously local issue migrated to the federal state, and how federal action then altered American rail planning, the book offers a new perspective on the exact nature of federalism. In the case of rail development, we see how state governments factor into the American state building process, and how, in turn, the separation of powers at the federal level shaped that process. The result is a fresh view of the development of the American rail system, as well as a clearer picture of the pressures and political logic that have altered and expanded the reach of American federalism.
FEDERAL ROLE IN MEETING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS... HEARING... S. HRG. 107-566... COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS, UNITED STATES SENATE..
Author: High Speed Rail
Author: Susan A. FlemingPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1437935192
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) and subsequent appropriations have dramatically increased federal funds available for high speed intercity passenger rail from $120 million in FY 2008 and FY 2009 combined to $10.5 billion available in FY 2010. Other issues, such as developing industry capacity to supply rail equipment and fostering multiyear public support for such systems must be resolved. This report reviewed: (1) how states started or improved passenger rail services in the recent past; (2) rail industry plans to accommodate the increased passenger rail investments; and (3) Federal Railroad Admin. plans to oversee the use of federal intercity passenger rail funds. Charts and tables.