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Table 4: High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program Funding
Tracks 52
Table 5: Extent of Data and Assumptions Underlying Intermodal
Transportation Inventory Cost Model Inputs and
Calculations 57
Table 6: Inputs to the ITIC Model 63
Table 7: ITIC Calculations 64
Figures
Figure 1: 2008 Estimates of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions by
Transportation Mode 7
Figure 2: Competition among Passenger Transportation Modes 17
Figure 3: Competition among Freight Transportation Modes 18
Figure 4: DOT Assessment of Usefulness of Benefit-Cost Analyses
from Forwarded Rail-Related TIGER Applications 36
Figure 5: Selected Polices to Benefit Intercity Passenger and
Freight Rail in the United Kingdom 48
Figure 6: Selected Polices to Benefit Intercity Passenger and
Freight Rail in Germany 50
Figure 7: Impact of Increased Per-Mile Truck Rates on Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT) by Trucks under Two Scenarios 60
Figure 8: Intermodal Transportation and Inventory Cost (ITIC)
Model Process 62GAO-11-290 Intercity Passenger and Freight Rail
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United States. Government Accountability Office. Intercity Passenger and Freight Rail: Better Data and Communication of Uncertainties Can Help Decision Makers Understand Benefits and Trade-offs of Programs and Policies, report, February 24, 2011; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc302215/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.