Freight railroads : updated information on rates and other industry trends : testimony before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate
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2007-10-23
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TRIS Online Accession Number:1080039
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NTL Classification:NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Planning and Policy;NTL-RAIL TRANSPORTATION-Rail Economics and Finance;NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Economics and Finance;NTL-FREIGHT-Freight Planning and Policy;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;
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Abstract:The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 largely deregulated the freight railroad industry, encouraging greater reliance on competition to set rates. The act recognized the need for railroads to recover costs by setting higher rates for shippers with fewer transportation alternatives but also recognized that some shippers might be subject to unreasonably high rates. It established a threshold for rate relief and granted the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Surface Transportation Board (STB) the authority to develop a rate relief process for “captive” shippers. Since 1980 the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued several reports on the freight railroad industry and issued the most recent report in October 2006 and, at the request of this Subcommittee, issued an updated report in August 2007. This statement is based on these recent reports and discusses (1) recent changes that have occurred in railroad rates and how those changes compare to changes in rail rates since 1985, (2) the extent of captivity in the industry and STB’s efforts to protect captive shippers, and (3) STB’s actions to address GAO’s recent recommendations. /Abstract from report, p. [2]/
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