TITLE: Intercity Passenger Rail in America: What Should It Look Like

CIS-NO: 2003-H751-21  
SOURCE: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Apr. 11, 2002  
LENGTH: v+318 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1024-A-01; 1024-B-01  
SUDOC: Y4.T68/2:107-73  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29303-5.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-73. Hearing before the Subcom on Railroads to examine issues related to and priorities for National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) intercity passenger rail development and operations improvements.
 
Supplementary material (p. 44-318) includes witnesses' written statements, submitted statements, correspondence, and:
   -- Roth, Daniel L. (Transportation Research Bd); and Aggarwala, Rohit T. (Columbia Univ), "Whose Railroad Is This, Anyway?: Opportunities and Challenges in Regionalizing the Northeast Corridor" Jan. 2002, with a graph and charts (p. 297-314).

CONTENT-NOTATION: RR intercity passenger devs and ops improvement

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON RAILROADS. HOUSE;  FEDERAL AID TO RAILROADS; STATISTICAL DATA: COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZATION; NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP.

03-H751-21 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Apr. 11, 2002 p. 9-30, 52-114, 130-209
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   HECKER, JAYETTA Z. (Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO)
   HAMBERGER, EDWARD R. (President and CEO, Association of American Railroads)
   RENNICKE, WILLIAM J. (Vice President, Mercer Management Consulting, Inc)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Perspectives on intercity passenger rail development, in context of Amtrak financial condition and transportation infrastructure needs; overview of current intercity rail system and transportation infrastructure deficiencies (related maps, p. 71-84 passim).
   Benefits of intercity passenger rail development, including alleviation of highway and airport congestion; views on and suggestions for Federal role in intercity passenger rail development, with details on needed funding levels; background on and review of trends in passenger rail development, including issues related to railroad privatization.
   Elaboration on railroad restructuring and privatization proposals (related materials p. 144-205 passim); recommendations for intercity passenger rail development priorities.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   RR intercity passenger devs and ops improvement
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS; MERCER MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, INC.; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; HIGHWAYS; AIRPORTS AND AIRWAYS
 
 
03-H751-21 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Apr. 11, 2002 p. 30-43, 210-286
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   REPASS, JAMES P. (President and CEO, National Corridors Initiative)
   RICHARDSON, J. BRUCE (President, United Rail Passenger Alliance (URPA))
   ROGERS, JERALD W. (Chairman and CEO, Williamsport and Southern Corp)
   SPENCER, SCOTT R. (President, Railway Service Corp)
   PERL, ANTHONY (Professor, University of Calgary)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Views on intercity passenger rail development priorities; review of Amtrak financial condition and operations structure; explanation and analysis of options to restructure and expand Amtrak services; elaboration on strategies to enhance passenger rail services, including privatization proposals.
 
INSERTION:
   -- Selden, Andrew C., "Plan To Reorganize the National Railroad Passenger Corp." July 2000 (p. 222-269).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   RR intercity passenger devs and ops improvement
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   NATIONAL CORRIDORS INITIATIVE; UNITED RAIL PASSENGER ALLIANCE; WILLIAMSPORT AND SOUTHERN CORP.; RAILWAY SERVICE CORP.; GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION

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