High Speed Passenger Rail
High Speed Passenger Rail

Author: Susan A. Fleming

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-06

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1437914454

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Federal and other decision makers have had a renewed interest in how high speed rail (HSR) might fit into the national transport. system and address increasing mobility constraints on highways and at airports due to congestion. This report reviews: (1) the factors affecting the economic viability-- meaning whether total social benefits offset or justify total social costs -- of HSR projects, incl. difficulties in determining the economic viability of proposed projects; (2) the challenges in developing and financing HSR systems; and (3) the federal role in the potential development of U.S. HSR systems. The auditor interviewed fed., state, local, and private sector officials; and reviewed HSR development in France, Japan, and Spain. Charts and tables.

United States Statutes at Large,V. 113, Pts. 1-3
United States Statutes at Large,V. 113, Pts. 1-3

Author: National Archives and Records Administration, Office of the Federal Register

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2001-11-19

Total Pages: 1182

ISBN-13:

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United States Statutes at Large, Containing the Laws and Concurrent Resolutions Enacted During the First Session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress of the United States of America, 1999, and Proclamations, V. 113 in Three Parts. Spine title reads: United States Statutes at Large, 106th Congress, 1st Session, 1999, V. 113, Pt. 1-3, Public Laws. Includes Public Laws 106-1 through 106-170. 106th Congress, 1st Session. 3 volumes, sold as a set. United States Statutes at Large contains all public and private laws and concurrent resolutions enacted during a session of Congress, plus reorganization plans, proposed and ratified amendments to the Constitution, and proclamations by the President, with finding aids including legislative history, subject index, and Laws Affected Tables; arrangement is chronological by approval date in each category; by law, these volumes are "legal evidence" (1 U.S.C. 112); only the general and permanent laws are codified (arranged by subject in titles) in the United States Code.