High-speed Ground Transportation, Hearing, 89-1, June 14-16, 19651965 - 183 pages |
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... increased 25 - fold . In 1960 , Americans traveled over 600 billion passenger - miles , exclusive of local movement . That figure will more than double by 1980 . We face an imminent need for improved intercity transportation in the ...
... increased 25 - fold . In 1960 , Americans traveled over 600 billion passenger - miles , exclusive of local movement . That figure will more than double by 1980 . We face an imminent need for improved intercity transportation in the ...
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... increasing public concern over the present and prospective deficiencies in interstate transportation in densely populated areas of the country . This concern has already found expression in various bills and resolutions aimed toward ...
... increasing public concern over the present and prospective deficiencies in interstate transportation in densely populated areas of the country . This concern has already found expression in various bills and resolutions aimed toward ...
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... increasing density of population coupled with greatly increased travel will result in serious overburdening of our intercity transporta- tion facilities . This is already happening in many urban areas where peak volumes overload ...
... increasing density of population coupled with greatly increased travel will result in serious overburdening of our intercity transporta- tion facilities . This is already happening in many urban areas where peak volumes overload ...
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... increased adhesion of wheels to rail ; faster , smoother brake action ; and advances in modes of propulsion and ... increasing costs of ac- quisition and use of surface land , with simultaneous decreases in the cost of tunneling now ...
... increased adhesion of wheels to rail ; faster , smoother brake action ; and advances in modes of propulsion and ... increasing costs of ac- quisition and use of surface land , with simultaneous decreases in the cost of tunneling now ...
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... increased to the point that passenger trains were frequently exceeding 100 miles per hour . As the railroad system ... increasing about 10 percent per year . A 20 - hour schedule between Chicago and Atlanta is being maintained . Unit ...
... increased to the point that passenger trains were frequently exceeding 100 miles per hour . As the railroad system ... increasing about 10 percent per year . A 20 - hour schedule between Chicago and Atlanta is being maintained . Unit ...
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