Railroad Competitiveness
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 37,78 MB
Release : 2013-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781289075576
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the principal factors affecting the railroad industry's ability to compete with other transportation modes for intercity freight, focusing on how federal laws: (1) affect railroad labor costs; and (2) influence the railroads' competitive position. GAO found that: (1) reduced federal regulation has given railroads greater freedom to competitively price their services, but as the railroads have become more competitive, so have their competitors in the trucking and barge industries; (2) the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the Federal Employers' Liability Act, and the Railway Labor Act of 1926, which govern railroad employee benefits and labor relations, have resulted in higher overall labor costs; (3) if railroads could reduce their labor costs, they would be in a better position to competitively price their services and compete for intercity freight; (4) publicly financed interstate highways and waterways give the trucking and barge industries a competitive price advantage over railroads, since freight railroads maintain their own rights of way with minimal federal assistance, while trucks and barges use rights of way that the public helps to fund; and (5) rail rates could become increasingly attractive compared with truck or barge rates, if all modes operated under the same labor laws and were equally responsible for their rights of way.
Author : Sebastian Arendt
Publisher : VDM Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,69 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Competition
ISBN : 9783836411950
Throughout the world, the rail industry historically has been one of the most extensively regulated of all industrial sectors. In the past three decades however, policymakers and economists have become increasingly critical of traditional regulation of the rail industry and it is generally accepted that in markets where transportation carriers seek to meet demand, there is habitually effective competition. Today, facilitating competition in the railroad transport industry is frequently seen as beneficial. Introducing competition enhances efficiency and innovation in the competitive rail activities, enhances the range and variety of products available to consumers, and focuses the regulatory interventions on the core of the underlying network market problems. This book examines the underlying policies and tools to promote competition in the railroad market. Two of these tools, vertical separation and the enforcement of intramodal competition, are examined in more details. This book aims at decision makers faced with the regulation of railroad industry and people interested in the actual and future setting of railroad competition all over the world.
Author : José A. Gómez-Ibáñez
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 37,63 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1847202942
Numerous countries have attempted to improve the performance of their railways by introducing more competition, but there is fierce debate and no consensus on how this is best achieved. This book reveals how railways were an obvious target for reform because they were often losing traffic and money, and because the government was typically deeply involved as either owner or regulator.
Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9781422311653
Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Railroads
ISBN :
Author : JayEtta Z. Hecker
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 23,33 MB
Release : 2007
Category :
ISBN : 9781422397916
Author : Robert Scott Lovett
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 41,50 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Railroads and state
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Nimmo
Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,44 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Competition
ISBN :
Author : United States. General Accounting Office. RCED.
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 20,54 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Railroad law
ISBN :