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005			20240726105049.0
008			180110s2018 mdu ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT _dNT
020			_a9781421424163 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
043			_an-us---
050	0	4	_aHE1780 _b.B335 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aAldrich, Mark, _e1
245	1	0	_aBack on track : _bAmerican railroad accidents and safety, 1965-2015 / _cMark Aldrich.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	0		_aHagley library studies in business, technology, and politics
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aThe long view: American railroad safety, 1828-1955 -- _tOff the tracks: the rise of train accidents, 1955-1978 -- _tOn the right track: the long campaign train accidents, 1965-2015 -- _tA way of life: work safety in the modern era, 1955-2015 -- _tPassenger safety in modern times, 1955-2015 -- _tLook out for the train: motorists and trespassers, 1955-2015 -- _tConclusion: back on track, railroad safety, 1965-2015.
520	0		_a"The history of American railroad safety divides into three overlapping periods. Down to roughly 1955, safety steadily improved. But as new competition arrived--cars, trucks, and airplanes--economic regulation precluded an effective response; after the mid-1950s profitability eroded and safety worsened. The focus of this book begins in 1965; the carriers were collapsing into bankruptcy and their safety eroding. Worker fatalities and grade crossing accidents increased, while train accidents skyrocketed leading to public outcry. In 1965 Congress responded with a new safety regime under the FRA and NTSB, and in 1970 it federalized all aspects of rail safety and instituted a massive grade crossing program. Despite new federal regulations, train accidents continued to increase, however. The third period begins about 1980. The carriers had been struggling to compete by providing better service and that required better safety. Aid came in 1971 as Amtrak took over money-losing passenger travel while partial economic deregulation occurred from 1976 to 1980. Freed to compete and with the funds and incentives to improve safety, the freight railroads have rapidly improved technology, cutting train and work accidents spectacularly. These were largely the result of private market incentives, for accidents were very expensive; regulation has mostly reinforced best practice. The main contributions of public policy have been support for research and development and funding for grade crossing safety. Thus, the thesis of this work is that it was not inadequate safety regulation but rather stifling economic regulation that had caused safety to collapse, while the turnaround after 1980 resulted not from tighter safety regulation but the return of more competitive railroading."--Provided by publisher.
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650		0	_aRailroad accidents _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aRailroad accidents _zUnited States _xPrevention.
650		0	_aRailroads _xSafety regulations _zUnited States.
650		0	_aRailroads _zUnited States _xSafety measures.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1619116&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell