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"Open Access" and regulation of railroad freight rates.
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[quote user="Datafever"][quote user="futuremodal"] <P>Current Class I branchlines and shortlines could be franchised to a single rail carrier as the likely alternative to your doomsday spector. It may not be true OA, but at least the franchise can be yanked from poor service providers and re-bid out to others. That's a much better situation for those captive customers than what they have to deal with now.</P> <P>[/quote]<BR><BR>So, if I understand what you are saying here, you are advocating not only regulating the infrastructure, but also regulating the transport system. I am pretty sure that one of your arguments for dividing the infrastructure from the transport system was so that only the infrastructure would need to be regulated. But if a "poor service provider" (however that is going to be defined) can have its franchise "yanked", that sure smacks of regulation to me.<BR>[/quote]</P> <P>"Yanked" means that when the franchise renewal period comes up, a better service provider can be had if the current provider is unsatisfactory. Otherwise, if the service is satisfactory, the franchise contract is probably renewed. Business park owners, et al, do it this way all the time. It is not a new form of regulation.</P>
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