Inflationary Effects on Transportation

John W. Fuller

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1981, vol. 456, issue 1, 112-122

Abstract: The U.S. transportation sector is faced with uncertainty, overextension, and bankruptcy, due less to energy-price inflation or the high cost of replacement capital than to a long history of inappropriate government policies. Economic regulation and government promotion, in virtually every mode of transportation, have led to inflexibility and technological stagnation. A complicating factor in this inflationary period, however, is the tie between energy consumption and public user-fee receipts, which has led to modal service declines or higher subsidies as energy prices have risen. A healthy transport sector is an unlikely prospect unless fundamental policy changes occur in pricing, government institutions, and planning.

Date: 1981
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