National Transportation Policy. Preliminary Draft1961 - 732 pages |
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... changes in per capita amounts - Selected public and private transportation factors___ 377 Table 2. Regional changes in total amounts - Selected public and private transportation factors .. 378 Table 3. Per capita amounts by region ...
... changes in per capita amounts - Selected public and private transportation factors___ 377 Table 2. Regional changes in total amounts - Selected public and private transportation factors .. 378 Table 3. Per capita amounts by region ...
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... changes in transportation for minimum rate policy- 416 4. Implications of changes in transportation for controls over discrimination and maximum rate levels__ 422 Chapter 5. Fundamental changes --- 424 1. Introduction___ . 424 2. Goals ...
... changes in transportation for minimum rate policy- 416 4. Implications of changes in transportation for controls over discrimination and maximum rate levels__ 422 Chapter 5. Fundamental changes --- 424 1. Introduction___ . 424 2. Goals ...
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... Changes in unit passenger service ex- pense 1949-59 class I railroads of the United States 2. Action to keep commuter trains running- . Page 552 552 553 554 556 557 557 559 562 Table 3. Changes in unit passenger revenues 1949-59- 562 ...
... Changes in unit passenger service ex- pense 1949-59 class I railroads of the United States 2. Action to keep commuter trains running- . Page 552 552 553 554 556 557 557 559 562 Table 3. Changes in unit passenger revenues 1949-59- 562 ...
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... changes in rates which will move in the direction advocated . Specific rules for rate- making which should help encourage the development of rates suit- able for modern transportation conditions are listed below . The aim of regulation ...
... changes in rates which will move in the direction advocated . Specific rules for rate- making which should help encourage the development of rates suit- able for modern transportation conditions are listed below . The aim of regulation ...
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... changes in laws and con- stitutions . But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human ... change , with the change of circumstances , institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times . - THOMAS JEF ...
... changes in laws and con- stitutions . But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human ... change , with the change of circumstances , institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times . - THOMAS JEF ...
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Page 142 - Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers, or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line or route in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 101 - Administrator has certified in writing (and filed copies thereof with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs...
Page 27 - I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times.
Page 118 - When used in this section the term "rates" means rates, fares, and charges, and all classifications, regulations, and practices relating thereto. (2) In the exercise of its power to prescribe just and reasonable rates the Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed...
Page 193 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 497 - As some indication of the volume of unregulated traffic, according to a study made by the Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission...
Page 387 - ... the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient transportation service by such carriers at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service; and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable such carriers, under honest, economical, and efficient management, to provide such service.
Page 147 - ... to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable charges for transportation services, without unjust discriminations, undue preferences or advantages, or unfair or destructive competitive practices...
Page 118 - In a proceeding involving competition between carriers of different modes of transportation subject to this act, the Commission, in determining whether a rate is lower than a reasonable minimum rate, shall consider the facts and circumstances attending the movement of the traffic by the carrier or carriers to which the rate is applicable.
Page 233 - An Act to supplement existing laws against unlawful restraints and monopolies, and for other purposes," approved October 15, 1914, and of all other restraints or prohibitions by law, State or Federal, in so far as may be necessary to enable them to do anything authorized or required by any order made under and pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section.