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- Title
AN APPRAISAL OF NATIONALIZED TRANSPORT IN GREAT BRITAIN--PART I.
- Authors
Wilson, G. Lloyd
- Abstract
This article focuses on railroad transportation in several nations. In the United States, these national ventures in the field of transportation still are of isolated, limited, or specialized character. The only transportation field so far quite generally invaded by government operations is that of urban transportation. the private operators. Part or all of the capital costs and sometimes part of the costs of operation of these urban enterprises are borne by local taxation. The assumption of part of the capital costs and some of the operating expenses out of taxes shifts the burden of supporting these enterprises in part to the public treasury. The wartime control of British railways entailed dose co-operation between the railways and the government, particularly with the armed forces and defense agencies. Special flat rates or charges regardless of the normal ratings of the goods were made with government agencies and special fares were made for troop movements. Normal competitive routings and interrailway relationships were disrupted in order to adapt the services to the requirements of wartime traffic which did not conform to usual geographical or commercial patterns.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; UNITED States; RAILROADS; TRANSPORTATION policy; GOVERNMENT ownership; URBAN transportation; LOCAL taxation; GOVERNMENT policy; ECONOMIC policy; FLAT-rate income tax
- Publication
American Economic Review, 1950, Vol 40, Issue 2, p234
- ISSN
0002-8282
- Publication type
Article