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A Federal Role in Freight Planning and Finance

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 emphasizes disaggregating project costs and benefits by location, stake...

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Main Author: Rosenbloom, Sandra (auth)
Other Authors: Wachs, Martin (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2012
Subjects:
History of the Americas
Transport law
Buses, trams & commercial vehicles: general interest
Political Science
Transportation Studies
Law
History
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Summary: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 emphasizes disaggregating project costs and benefits by location, stakeholder, and level of government and requiring identifiable beneficiaries to pay a share of project costs proportionate to the benefits they receive.
ISBN:j.ctt3fh0dw
9780833077493
9780833060358
Access:Open Access

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