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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... terminals and buses , inspection of rest stops , assistance for handicapped passengers , and the renovation or construction of terminals to make them accessible to the handicapped . The Commission was careful in Ex Parte No. MC - 95 to ...
... terminals and buses , inspection of rest stops , assistance for handicapped passengers , and the renovation or construction of terminals to make them accessible to the handicapped . The Commission was careful in Ex Parte No. MC - 95 to ...
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... terminals and facilities for use by intercity bus- lines . This Title also sets forth the terms and requirements for such grants , and provides for supplementary grants for research and development on practical problems of intercity bus ...
... terminals and facilities for use by intercity bus- lines . This Title also sets forth the terms and requirements for such grants , and provides for supplementary grants for research and development on practical problems of intercity bus ...
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... terminals and other fa- cilities , with the maximum Federal grant being limited to 80 percent of the project cost . This is the same type of program we now have , as you know , in the Urban Mass Transportation Act . We would simply ...
... terminals and other fa- cilities , with the maximum Federal grant being limited to 80 percent of the project cost . This is the same type of program we now have , as you know , in the Urban Mass Transportation Act . We would simply ...
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... terminals , particularly in urban areas . They would im- prove the service , particularly in rural and small urban areas . They would provide transportation assistance for the elderly and the handicapped at sharply reduced fares and ...
... terminals , particularly in urban areas . They would im- prove the service , particularly in rural and small urban areas . They would provide transportation assistance for the elderly and the handicapped at sharply reduced fares and ...
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... terminals . We have been continuing to try to improve and keep our equip- ment and our terminals up to date even in this high inflationary pe- riod , hoping things would turn around . We did not want to let our service , our terminals ...
... terminals . We have been continuing to try to improve and keep our equip- ment and our terminals up to date even in this high inflationary pe- riod , hoping things would turn around . We did not want to let our service , our terminals ...
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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...