Is Deregulation Cutting Small Communities' Transportation Links?

Oster, Clinton V.,

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1988, vol. 04, issue 3

Abstract: In the 2 years following deregulation, bus lines abandoned 20 percent of the communities they served, and airlines abandoned 17 percent of the airports they served. But those cuts were not due to deregulation alone. Bus lines were abandoning routes even before deregulation, and nearly three-fourths of the airline abandonments were due to the companies' going out of business, not to their pursuit of more lucrative markets. Cuts in bus service are more serious, however, since people who take buses often lack access to other transport.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Political Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.310496

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