Modernizing freight rail regulation /
"TRB Special Report 318: Modernizing Freight Rail Regulation examines the future role of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) in overseeing and regulating the service levels and rate offerings of railroads. This congressionally-requested report recommends approaches to resynchronize a regulat...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Transportation Research Board,
2015.
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| Series: | Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) ;
318. |
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Table of Contents:
- Study background, charge, and approach
- Historical and policy context
- Persistent concerns and regulatory challenges
- Study charge and approach
- Content and organization of report
- Recent rate trends and service and capacity issues
- Recent rate trends
- Service quality issues
- Concerns about long-term capacity constraints
- Chapter summary
- Review of the rate relief process
- Historical context and links to revenue adequacy
- Variable cost formula
- Market dominance inquiries
- Rate reasonableness standards
- Summary assessment of rate relief procedures
- Rate arbitration in Canada
- Competitive rate benchmarking to identify unusually high rates
- Review of other regulatory provisions
- Common carrier service obligation
- Annual revenue adequacy determination
- Merger review according to a public interest standard
- Authority to order reciprocal switching
- Chapter summary
- Summary assessment and recommendations
- Study context
- Review of rates, service, and capacity issues
- Findings from a review of rail regulation
- Recommendations for regulatory change.