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The impact of bus deregulation on small towns is discussed. Because much of the discussion before the passage of the Bus Regulatory and Reform Act of 1982 focused on potential impacts on small communities, the purpose of this paper is to consider the initial impacts on residents of communities for which bus service was discontinued. A survey of former ticket agents in Iowa generated information regarding several key aspects of those impacts: the age and number of former riders, the type of service for which they relied on intercity transit, the amount of package service performed, the level and persistence of protest regarding discontinuance, and the availability of alternative forms of service.

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Bus transportation; Deregulation; Impact studies; Intercity bus lines; Regulatory reform; Rural areas; Service discontinuance; Small towns

Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration

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May 31 1986 12:00AM

• AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS COMPUTER PACKAGE FOR URBAN HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS
• BUS STATION SECURITY: CRIME AT INTERCITY BUS STATIONS (DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE)
• INTERCITY BUS DEREGULATION: THE IMPACT ON URBAN AND RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN THE PROVISION OF INTERCITY BUS FEEDER SERVICE (ABRIDGMENT)
• INTERCITY BUS PASSENGER PROFILE
• INTERCITY BUS SERVICE CHANGES FOLLOWING THE BUS REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 1982
• LABOR COSTS IN URBAN MASS TRANSIT: A CASE FOR REGULATORY REFORM
• PRICING OPTIONS FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION MODES
• SUBSIDIES, POLITICAL CONTROL, AND COSTS OF U.K. URBAN BUS PROVISION
• THE CONTESTABILITY OF THE U.K. INTERURBAN BUS MARKET
• THE DOMESTIC DEMAND FOR AIRMAIL SERVICE BY THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE