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Vers une politique ferroviaire européenne? : L'Europe à toute vapeur?
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ISBN: 9782296040397 229604039X Year: 2007 Publisher: Paris Harmattan

Eisenbahnen und Staat im Zeitalter der Industrialisierung : die Eisenbahnpolitik der deutschen Staaten im Vergleich
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ISBN: 3515067493 Year: 1996 Publisher: Stuttgart : Franz Steiner,

The great train race : railways and the Franco-German rivalry, 1815-1914
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ISBN: 1845451368 1571811664 178238197X Year: 2000 Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books,

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From their origins, railways produced an intense competition between the two major continental systems in France and Germany. Fitting a new technology into existing political institutions and social habits, these two nations became inexorably involved in industrial and commercial rivalry that eventually escalated into the armed conflict of 1914. Based on many years of research in French and German archives, this study examines the adaptation of railroads and steam engines from Britain to the continent of Europe after the Napoleonic age. A fascinating example of how the same technology, borrowed at the same time from the same source, was assimilated differently by the two continental powers, this book offers a groundbreaking analysis of the crossroads of technology and politics during the first Industrial Revolution.

Forging industrial policy : the United States, Britain, and France in the railway age
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ISBN: 0521451213 052162990X 1139174185 Year: 1994 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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The United States, France and Britain use markedly different kinds of industrial policies to foster economic growth today. To understand the origins of these different policies, this book examines the evolution of public policies governing one of the first modern industries, the railroads. The author challenges conventional thinking in economics, political science and sociology by arguing that cultural meaning plays an important role in the development of purportedly rational policies designed to promote industrial growth. This book has implications for the study of rational institutions of all sorts, including science, management and economics, as well as for the study of culture.

Rail Restructuring in Europe
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ISBN: 1280082984 9786610082988 9264163476 9282112330 Year: 1998 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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Europe's railways are going through a period of radical restructuring in the drive to improve their efficiency and competitiveness. The emphasis is on fostering commercial freedom through a clearer separation of the roles of the State and of rail enterprises and through a progressive opening of access to rail infrastructure. This report examines reforms in over 30 countries from the Atlantic to the Urals, characterizing restructuring in terms of management independence, separation of infrastructure from operations and rights of access to rail infrastructure.


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Railway Reform : Regulation of Freight Transport Markets
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ISBN: 928211273X Year: 2001 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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This report examines the form regulation should take in rail freight markets to promote efficiency in railways and the wider economy. It analyses issues of monopoly, scale economies, competition, mergers, ownership and the structure of the rail industry. Experience in North America, Australia, Japan, the European Union and countries from eastern and western Europe is reviewed. The need for regulation differs by market and, together with political constraints, this means that regulatory models can not be transferred wholesale from one continent to another. However, each region provides important lessons for reforms currently under consideration in all ECMT and OECD countries.

Railway Reform and Charges for the Use of Infrastructure
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ISBN: 1280358017 9786610358014 9282103528 928210351X Year: 2005 Publisher: Paris : OECD Publishing,

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Over the last few years, much progress has been made in developing rail charges to ensure non-discriminatory access to, and efficient use of national rail networks. But in Europe the international dimension is still missing, particularly in terms of the freight market. Integration of European markets should provide great opportunities for rail freight transport to grow. This report shows how barriers to this growth – arising from differences in the way trains pay to use national networks – can be overcome. It recommends moving to a set of simple charges for freight that create similar incentives for the management and planning of train operations across national borders.


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The economics and politics of high-speed rail : lessons from experiences abroad
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ISBN: 1280819936 9786613711526 0739171240 9780739171240 0739171232 0739190687 9780739171233 9780739190685 9781280819933 6613711527 Year: 2012 Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books,

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The Economics and Politics of High Speed Rail: Lessons from Experiences Abroad, by Daniel Albalate and Germà Bel, introduces the main questions policy makers and scholars should examine when considering and studying HSR implementation, with particular emphasis on the US's recent interest in this technology and possible application in California. This study is a rigorous investigation of the economic and political challenges and ramifications of implementing new public transportation technology and its effects on taxpayers.

Competition and ownership in land passenger transport : selected refereed papers from the 8th International Conference (Thredbo 8), Rio de Janeiro, September 2003
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ISBN: 1280628367 9786610628360 0080456766 9780080456768 0080445802 Year: 2005 Publisher: Amsterdam ; San Diego, Calif. : Elsevier,

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Provides an opportunity to bring together in one volume the papers from the conference held in Thredbo, Australia and the workshop reports. The themes in this volume include competition and regulation, contract specifications, regulatory and planning tools, institutional frameworks, service quality and pricing and performance data and measurement.


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American railroads
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ISBN: 9780674369368 067436936X 9780674725645 0674725646 Year: 2014 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Once an icon of American industry, railroads fell into a long decline beginning around the turn of the twentieth century. Overburdened with regulation and often displaced by barge traffic on government-maintained waterways, trucking on interstate highways, and jet aviation, railroads measured their misfortune in lost market share, abandoned track, bankruptcies, and unemployment. Today, however, as Robert Gallamore and John Meyer demonstrate, rail transportation is reviving, rescued by new sources of traffic and advanced technology, as well as less onerous bureaucracy. In 1970, Congress responded to the industry's plight by consolidating most passenger rail service nationwide into Amtrak. But private-sector freight service was left to succeed or fail on its own. The renaissance in freight traffic began in 1980 with the Staggers Rail Act, which allowed railroad companies to contract with customers for services and granted freedom to set most rates based on market supply and demand. Railroads found new business hauling low-sulfur coal and grain long distances in redesigned freight cars, while double-stacked container cars moved a growing volume of both international and domestic goods. Today, trains have smaller crews, operate over better track, and are longer and heavier than ever before. Near the end of the twentieth century, after several difficult but important mergers, privately owned railroads increased their investments in safe, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly freight transportation. American Railroads tells a riveting story about how this crucial U.S. industry managed to turn itself around.

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