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>From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C.
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced that Christensen
Associates, a
Madison, Wisconsin-headquartered economic
consulting firm, has completed A
Supplemental Report to the U.S. Surface
Transportation Board on Capacity and
Infrastructure Investment ("Report"). The
Report augments the findings of Christensen
Associates' November 2008 independent study
entitled A Study of Competition in the U.S.
Freight Railroad Industry and Analysis of
Proposals that Might Enhance Competition
("Study").
The Report looks at different measures of
railroad capacity and analyzes how that
capacity is affected by anticipated changes
in the demand for rail services and the
productivity of rail assets. As with
Christensen Associates' 2008 Study, the
Board anticipates that the Report's analysis
will be of great interest to policymakers
and stakeholders involved in interstate
freight commerce.
The Report was undertaken according to a
contract the Board awarded to Christensen
Associates in August 2008. Christensen
Associates was engaged to analyze the
long-term forecasts of rail demand that
serve as the basis of railroad investment
projections.
The Report may be accessed via the Board's
Web site, at http://www.stb.dot.gov,"; by
clicking the "E-LIBRARY" button on the home
page, then by choosing "Studies" on the
dropdown that will appear, or via this link.
The Report also is available via the
Christensen Associates Web site, at "
http://www.LRCA.com.";
The Board also announced today that it is
seeking written public comments on the
Report, due May 8, 2009, with written
replies due by May 28, 2009. The Board's
decision requesting public comment on the
Report was issued today, April 8, 2009, in
Supplemental Report on Capacity and
Infrastructure Investment, STB Ex Parte No.
680 (Sub-No. 1)(
http://www.stb.dot.gov/decisions/readingroom.nsf/WebDecisionID/39879?OpenDocument
)
. That decision is available for viewing
and downloading via the Board's Web site, at
http://www.stb.dot.gov,"; under "E-LIBRARY,"
then under "Decisions & Notices," beneath
the date "04/08/09."
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