National Transportation Policy: Preliminary Draft of a Report Prepared for the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate by the Special Study Group on Transportation Policies in the United States, Pursuant to S. Res. 29, 151, and 244 of the 86th Congress |
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... period of years , rather than suggestions for immediate legislative implementa- tion . While we believe these objectives are sound we recognize that hasty implementation could do great harm . In these cases we recommend legislative ...
... period of years , rather than suggestions for immediate legislative implementa- tion . While we believe these objectives are sound we recognize that hasty implementation could do great harm . In these cases we recommend legislative ...
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... period . 3. The modern period --- . 162 164 164 164 164 166 ( a ) Federal aid for highways_ . ( b ) Funds for navigation ...... . ( c ) Funds for aviation__ . ( d ) Promotion of the merchant marine_ 4. The projected future , 1961-75 ...
... period . 3. The modern period --- . 162 164 164 164 164 166 ( a ) Federal aid for highways_ . ( b ) Funds for navigation ...... . ( c ) Funds for aviation__ . ( d ) Promotion of the merchant marine_ 4. The projected future , 1961-75 ...
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... Periods prior to 1904_ . 2. Period , 1904-20 --- C. National consolidation policy , 1920 to date . D. Advantages of general consolidation --- 1. Advantages in regulation _ - _ - _ Page 229 229 231 231 232 233 242 242 2. Reduction of ...
... Periods prior to 1904_ . 2. Period , 1904-20 --- C. National consolidation policy , 1920 to date . D. Advantages of general consolidation --- 1. Advantages in regulation _ - _ - _ Page 229 229 231 231 232 233 242 242 2. Reduction of ...
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... period of 1975 . The statistics available to establish these trends have serious limita- tions , particularly in the field of private and exempt carriage by high- way and water . CHAPTER 2. RELATIVE DECLINE OF COMMON CARRIERS Private ...
... period of 1975 . The statistics available to establish these trends have serious limita- tions , particularly in the field of private and exempt carriage by high- way and water . CHAPTER 2. RELATIVE DECLINE OF COMMON CARRIERS Private ...
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... period of World War II , the number of passengers carried by the railroads has declined since 1926. However , the trend in ton - miles of freight , except for the period of the great depression of the thirties , was upward until 1956 ...
... period of World War II , the number of passengers carried by the railroads has declined since 1926. However , the trend in ton - miles of freight , except for the period of the great depression of the thirties , was upward until 1956 ...
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Page 386 - States and the duly authorized officials thereof; and to encourage fair wages and equitable working conditions — all to the end of 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 144 - 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 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 120 - 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 195 - 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 389 - 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 505 - Gray Area of Transportation Operations" by the Bureau of Transport Economics and Statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission dated June 1960, is the most comprehensive survey of its kind available.
Page 389 - ... 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 490 - That nothing in this act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Page 236 - The Commission shall as soon as practicable prepare and adopt a plan for the consolidation of the railway properties of the continental United States into a limited number of systems.