92 STAT. 924
PUBLIC LAW 95-421—OCT. 5, 1978
to as the "Corporation"), shall immediately develop preliminary recommendations for a route system for the Corporation which will provide and optimal intercity railroad passenger system, based upon current and future market and population requirements, including where appropriate portions of the Corporation's existing route system. In developing such recommendations, the Secretary shall consider— (1) any unique characteristics and advantages of rail service as compared to other modes of transportation; (2) the role that rail passenger service can play in helping meet the Nation's transportation needs while furthering national energy iA conservation efforts; (3) the relationship of benefits of given intercity rail passenger .3i-jfj '»• • * K.. >.' services to the costs of providing such services, computing the i benefits in passenger per train mile and revenues earned and computing the costs in loss or profit per passenger mile rather than total loss or profit per route; (4) the transportation needs of areas lacking adequate alterna'^' tive forms of transportation; (5) frequency and fare structure alternatives and the impact of such alternatives on ridership, revenues, and expenses of rail passenger service; and (6) the adequacy of other transportation modes serving the same points to be served by the recommended route system. Copies of route (b) The Secretary shall, no later than May 1, 1978, develop and system publish the preliminary recommendations described in subsection (a) recommendations, of this section and submit a copy of such recommendations to the Rail Services Planning Office and to both Houses of the Congress. The Secretary shall at that time also provide copies of the preliminary recommendations to the Corporation, the Office of Rail Public Counsel, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Secretary of Energy, the Governor, department of transportation, and public utilities commission of each State in which rail passenger service is proposed to be modified, the railroads affected by such recommendations, the labor organiza45 USC 151. tions authorized under the Railway Labor Act to represent railroad employees, and the United States Postal Service. In addition, copies of the preliminary recommendations shall be made available by the Secretary to interested persons at a reasonable cost. Such recommendations shall include— (1) a recommended route system by end points and principal intermediate points to be served; (2) quality and type of service recommended for each route, including frequency, speed, and classes of services offered; (3) ranges of projected operating expenses, ridership, and revenues, by route, including a measure calculated by loss or profit per passenger mile and separated for non-State supported routes and State supported routes; (4) an estimate of the equipment and facilities necessary to support the recommended system; ••: y(5) a recommendation for coordinating passenger rail service at points on the system with other modes of transportation serving such points; and (6) based upon the route level projections, an estimate of operating and capital appropriations required to operate the system ' -f-f' for fiscal years 1980 through 1984.
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