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Title: ESTIMATING EFFECTS OF RAILROAD ABANDONMENT
Accession Number: 00189865
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Estimates were developed of the potential for rail-service termination and of the probable transport-related effects that such loss of rail service would have on the freight-transport system, transport costs of affected rail users, resulting public- and private-sector investment requirements and energy consumption. All estimates were developed for lines on which service either had been recently terminated or might be terminated in the future. A survey was conducted of a sample of users of these lines. Estimates of the overall effects of abandonment were developed by a computer program from an analysis of survey responses and from waybill data for shipments originating or terminating on the lines under study. About 80 percent of present rail shipments to or from facilities that lose rail service would continue to be made to or from these facilities by another mode, with most of these made entirely by truck or by a combination of truck and rail. About half of the remaining shipments would continue to be made to or from other locations in the general area. The average increase in transport-related expenditures of affected rail users would be about 17 percent of present railroad charges. It was also estimated that abandonment of the lightest density lines under study would generally result in a small reduction in fuel consumption, while abandonment of uneconomic lines with more moderate traffic densities would result in increased fuel consumption. /Author/
Supplemental Notes: This paper appeared in TRB Research Record No. 668, Freight Movement and Demand. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01411507
Authors: Weinblatt, HMatzzie, D EHarman, J EPagination: p. 17-21
Publication Date: 1978
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
Features: References
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TRT Terms:
Abandonment; Competition; Costs; Data collection; Energy consumption; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Fuel consumption; Modal split; Piggyback transportation; Railroad traffic; Railroad transportation; Surveys; Traffic density; Traffic forecasting; Transportation modes; User charges
Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Energy; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Apr 12 1979 12:00AM
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