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... . The pros and cons of intermode ownership and transportation companies . 219 Conclusions and recommendations_ . 220 1. The transportation company . 221 2. Common ownership_ 222 Part V - Specified items of Senate Resolution 244 - X ...
... . The pros and cons of intermode ownership and transportation companies . 219 Conclusions and recommendations_ . 220 1. The transportation company . 221 2. Common ownership_ 222 Part V - Specified items of Senate Resolution 244 - X ...
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... companies to be formed in the present industrial climate of our country . Recommendation is made that ownership of one mode by another be permitted all modes equally when clearly determined in each case to be in the public interest . It ...
... companies to be formed in the present industrial climate of our country . Recommendation is made that ownership of one mode by another be permitted all modes equally when clearly determined in each case to be in the public interest . It ...
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... companies if service is to continue in many rural areas . PART VI - TRANSPORTATION PRICING This part contains an analysis of the implications of changing conditions for transportation pricing . The analysis indicates that present policy ...
... companies if service is to continue in many rural areas . PART VI - TRANSPORTATION PRICING This part contains an analysis of the implications of changing conditions for transportation pricing . The analysis indicates that present policy ...
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... companies , rapid transit lines , and suburban railroad trains — all built without planning and without rational integration and coordination of services . A soundly conceived system would allow people to move through various parts of ...
... companies , rapid transit lines , and suburban railroad trains — all built without planning and without rational integration and coordination of services . A soundly conceived system would allow people to move through various parts of ...
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... companies dealing in transporta- tion . The question raised by this sweeping extension of use of control powers is whether the regulatory structure within which competition . is to operate to satisfy air transportation needs is so ...
... companies dealing in transporta- tion . The question raised by this sweeping extension of use of control powers is whether the regulatory structure within which competition . is to operate to satisfy air transportation needs is so ...
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Page 150 - 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 107 - Administrator has certified in writing (and filed copies thereof with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs...
Page 31 - 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 126 - 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 201 - 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 397 - 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; to the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient railway transportation service at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service, and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable the carriers, under honest, economical, and efficient management to provide such service.
Page 125 - ... developing, coordinating, and preserving a national transportation system by water, highway, and rail, as well as other means, adequate to meet the needs of the commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense. All of the provisions of this Act shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
Page 397 - ... 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 154 - ... 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 126 - 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.