Washington Roundup
True Administration view of air transport’s value may have been revealed in a Federal Energy Administration program to spend $100,000 to evaluate strategies for shifting intercity travelers from cars and aircraft to buses and trains. Aerospace Corp. of El Segundo, Calif., under the FEA contract, will examine possible means of getting more people out of cars and off airlines, such as “rail and bus fare subsidies, air fare surcharges, curtailment of air service” and improved bus and rail schedules.
By Washington Staff