| United States - 1978 - 1156 pages
...straightforward. Air travel is much quicker and more convenient for time-sensitive travelers, smoother and m ore comfortable (especially considering the comparatively...traveler is involved. These factors are illustrated in the following table. Under current conditions, Amtrak cannot offer most intercity travelers a service... | |
| United States. General Accounting Office - Federal aid to transportation - 1978 - 80 pages
...occupies the airline), and, on longer trips, air travel is in the same price range as Amtrak. Busses go more places than Amtrak, and bus travel is somewhat...particularly when more than one traveler is involved. Under current conditions, Amtrak cannot offer most intercity travelers a service that is as good as... | |
| United States. General Accounting Office - 1978 - 82 pages
...convenient to have at the destination, and, on the marginal basis most people use to make travel decisions, are perceived as being much cheaper than the train,...particularly when more than one traveler is involved. Except in NEC; where the train offers comparatively high speed, competitive fares, and where the major... | |
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