Status of Railroad Economic Regulation: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Railroads of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, March 31, 2004U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 277 pages |
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Page 217 - In regulating the railroad industry, it is the policy of the United States Government — (1) to allow, to the maximum extent possible, competition and the demand for services to establish reasonable rates for transportation by rail...
Page 164 - The Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board...
Page 74 - STATEMENT OF EDWARD R. HAMBERGER PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS BEFORE THE...
Page 119 - ... labor matters related thereto; certain trucking company, moving van, and noncontiguous ocean shipping company rate matters; certain intercity passenger bus company structure, financial, and operational matters; and certain pipeline matters not regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Page 73 - ... concerns. Moreover, shippers and railroads could extend the benefits they have already achieved through contractual negotiations by achieving additional logistics efficiencies as partners, instead of quibbling over the distribution of an ever-shrinking pie as adversaries.
Page 160 - President with Mercer Management Consulting, Inc. (Mercer). I have 30 years of experience consulting to the transportation industry on a wide range of regulatory, economic, litigation, and asset management issues. I specialize in transportation strategic planning, management, marketing, economics, and operations, and have particular expertise in restructuring, organizational redesign, and transactions to improve financial and operating performance of transport operators around the world. I have previously...
Page 225 - Board under this part shall furnish safe and adequate car service and establish, observe, and enforce reasonable rules and practices on car service. The Board may require a rail carrier to provide facilities and equipment that are reasonably necessary to furnish safe and adequate car service if the Board decides that the rail carrier has materially failed to furnish that service.
Page 75 - AAR member railroads account for the vast majority of rail mileage, employees, and revenue in Canada, Mexico and the United States.