A federal role in freight planning and finance /

Show other versions (1)

This monograph describes a federal freight policy designed to address growing challenges faced by the U.S. freight network in an environment dominated by declining revenues and public resistance to increasing taxes. The strategy is based on the use of benefit-cost analysis to not only calculate the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Rosenbloom, Sandra (Author), Wachs, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subjects:
Freight and freightage > United States.
Freight and freightage > United States > Forecasting.
Freight and freightage > United States > Costs.
Freight and freightage > Government policy > United States.
Transport de marchandises > États-Unis.
Transport de marchandises > États-Unis > Prévision.
Transport de marchandises > États-Unis > Coût.
Transport de marchandises > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Freight and freightage.
Freight and freightage > Costs.
Freight and freightage > Forecasting.
Freight and freightage > Government policy.
Business & Economics.
Transportation Economics.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Figures and tables
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • What is the federal role in freight transportation?
  • Four major elements of a suggested federal freight transportation policy
  • Paying for it all
  • Summary and conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Table of figures.

Similar Items