Financial Condition of the Intercity Motor Bus Industry: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, ... June 16, 1977 |
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... scheduled , regular - route service , which have been published in the Federal Register during the past two years . These figures indicate a substantial interest by companies other than Greyhound Lines , Inc. , or Continental Trailways ...
... scheduled , regular - route service , which have been published in the Federal Register during the past two years . These figures indicate a substantial interest by companies other than Greyhound Lines , Inc. , or Continental Trailways ...
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... scheduled airlines over 670 , and the train covers 500. And of those 16,000 14,000 of them have no other form of public transportation , so we are talking about the basic infrastructure of transportation from rural America to urban ...
... scheduled airlines over 670 , and the train covers 500. And of those 16,000 14,000 of them have no other form of public transportation , so we are talking about the basic infrastructure of transportation from rural America to urban ...
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... scheduled bus transportation in the general area in which the Federally assisted service would be provided . ( f ) No Federal grant for the payment of operating assistance for intercity bus service shall exceed 80 percent of the net ...
... scheduled bus transportation in the general area in which the Federally assisted service would be provided . ( f ) No Federal grant for the payment of operating assistance for intercity bus service shall exceed 80 percent of the net ...
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... scheduled service to nearly 15,000 com- munities , most of which receive no other form of common carrier passenger serv- ice . Approximately 350 million trips were conducted in regular route , charter , special and local and suburban ...
... scheduled service to nearly 15,000 com- munities , most of which receive no other form of common carrier passenger serv- ice . Approximately 350 million trips were conducted in regular route , charter , special and local and suburban ...
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... scheduled service . Effective the 22d of June , we will have under contract at various companies , approximately 5,000 miles a day in regular route service which we are subsidizing through our method . We also own 40 intercity buses ...
... scheduled service . Effective the 22d of June , we will have under contract at various companies , approximately 5,000 miles a day in regular route service which we are subsidizing through our method . We also own 40 intercity buses ...
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ADKINS AMTRAK applications areas auto automobile bus carriers bus companies BUS MILE Bus Revitalization Act bus terminals bus transportation capital carriers of passengers cents Chairman chart committee common carrier Continental Trailways CURREY energy equipment facilities Federal financial condition formula fuel efficiency funds going grants Greyhound Lines Highway improve incentive industry's intercity bus industry intercity bus operators intercity bus service intercity buses intercity motor bus intercity passenger intermodal terminals Interstate Commerce Act Interstate Commerce Commission Jefferson Highway JOHN MELCHER joint fares Michigan miles per gallon million motor bus industry Motor Bus Owners motor carriers NAMBO O'NEAL operating assistance operating expenses operating ratio operating revenues passenger miles passenger transportation percent portation problem profit proposed public transportation railroad rate increase reduced fares refundable tax credit regulation require ridership routes and joint Secretary Senator LONG Senator SCHMITT serve statement subsidy tion traffic trains trans
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Page 7 - ... (b) Nothing in this part, except the provisions of Section 204 relative to qualifications and maximum hours of service of employees and safety of operation or standards of equipment, shall be construed to include (1) motor vehicles employed solely in transporting school children and teachers to or from school...
Page 38 - Such program shall encourage to the maximum extent feasible the participation of private enterprise. Where facilities and equipment are to be acquired which are already being used in...
Page 39 - ... (2) satisfactory continuing control, through operation or lease or otherwise, over the use of the facilities and equipment.
Page 37 - States" means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States; (2) the term "local public bodies...
Page 38 - Act that fair and equitable arrangements are made, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, to protect the interests of employees affected by such assistance. Such protective arrangements shall include, without being limited to, such provisions as may be necessary for (1) the preservation of rights, privileges, and benefits (including continuation of pension rights and benefits) under existing collective bargaining agreements or otherwise; (2) the continuation of collective bargaining rights; (3...
Page 37 - Bus" means a motor vehicle with motive power, except a trailer, designed for carrying more than 10 persons. "Curb weight...
Page 38 - Secretary after consultation with appropriate public agencies; (8) the airport operator or owner will maintain a fee and rental structure for the facilities and services being provided the airport users which will make the airport as self-sustaining as possible under the circumstances existing at that particular airport, taking into account such factors as the volume of traffic and economy of collection...
Page 38 - The Federal grant for such a project shall not exceed two-thirds of the net project cost. The remainder of the net project cost shall be provided, in cash, from sources other than Federal funds, and no refund or reduction of that portion so provided shall be made at any time unless there is at the same time a refund of a proportional amount of the Federal grant.
Page 40 - 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...
Page 37 - SEC. 201. (a) The Secretary is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and on such terms and conditions as he may prescribe, to make grants to...