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Extensions of Remarks April 12, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 9937 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS "GOING PLACES WITH OL' JOE" Wheel Men and the Bicycle Manufacturers This concept in regards to air passenger Association are right in there at the Senate and freight movement, and other concepts hearings on the Carter transportation bill that we will suggest as we look at some other HON. DALE MILFORD plugging for blkeways, bike !acllities and forms of transportation, actually could be called the modular concept or transportation OF TEXAS asking !or more !unding !or transportation facilities !or the non-motorist. center development. Intermodal transit pro­ lN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Is there any hope !or innovations in trans­ grams will probably be key complements in Wednesday, April 12, 1978 portation to successfully break through the urban economic development programs and bureaucratic process and become useful? Is the revitalization programs o! certain metro­ e Mr. MILFORD. Mr. Speaker, the there any need for innovations? I say, Yes! politan areas. Transportation Club of Dallas this week Figures !rom reliable transportation sur­ As we look at transportation of freight by heard some interesting, and I believe veys indicate that between 85 and 90% o! trucks, this modal concept will become in­ valid observations on the relationship the total passenger trips are still by car, with creasingly important. Statistics presented at between the Federal Government and one person per car. We can certainly con­ the 4th National Conference on "Effects o! the transportation industry. clude that transportation pattern shl!ts are Energy Constraints on Transportation Sys­ needed. tems" indicate that the modal shi!t concept The speaker was Joe P. Johnson, During the First Session of the 95th Con­ will become much more prevalent in the president of the Federal Services Divi­ gress in 1977, while endless days o! hearings movement of freight by a combination o! sion of Martin Ryan Haley & Associates, were being held on a broad aviation regula­ truck and rail. This means increased signifi­ Inc. tory re!orm bill, a well-organized and tar­ cance for the freight forwarding approach I believe Mr. Johnson's remarks are geted approach, developed and introduced to the movement of goods and merchandise. interesting reading, and I would like by the Federal Express Corporation and The conference concluded that substantial them to appear in the RECORD. others, resulted in air cargo deregulation opportunities exist for energy conservation legislation being enacted into law. This legis­ in the freight transportation industry. These TRANSPORTATION INNOVATIONS VS. lation passed because it addressed the prob­ opportunities will bring to bear great politi­ GoVERNMENT REGULATIONS lems o! today. cal pressures that will no doubt cause certain During the recent weeks since I received What are those problems o! today'?' Energy changes to be effected in the present regula­ your invitation to address this luncheon, I conservation. Cost efficiencies. Better service, tory system. have been conscious o! many articles ap­ and time conservation. O! these, time con­ Again, in regards to the example I used pearing in various publications that reln­ servation may be the most significant. earlier concerning air cargo deregulation !orce my already firm belle! that transpor­ The traveling business person-who com­ and Federal Express, the changes will ad­ tation generally may well be more affected prises the bulk o! airline passenger traffic­ dress specific needs and requirements. I be­ by government regulation than any other may well be fed up with the process that lieve that a one-step-at-a-time transition industry. requires spending so much time making will occur. Major all-at-once regulatory I have, for example, the March 24th Busi­ reservations, driving to the airport, purchas­ changes would cause such a need for restruc­ ness and Financial section !rom the Wash­ ing tickets and checking in. And most air­ turing the industry that the resultant cap­ ington Post in which every article on the lines practically demand check-in 30 minutes ital needs could not be met, and the excess !ront page o! that section re!ers to regula­ prior to departure even on short flights. capacities resulting !rom sudden shifts tion or government involvement in some The United States aviation industry, ham­ would not be tolerable. !orm of transportation. pered by governmental decisions preventing I would be remiss in any discussion of the One article re!ers to President Carter's development of supersonic air transports­ transportation process if I did not address order mandating plain English be used in and additionally hampered by the removal the use of waterway transportation. I do not the regulatory publications. Another article from the de!ense budget o! research and care today to become embroiled in any con­ concerns the Federal Railroad Administra­ development funds that would have provided troversy over the waterway user's tax. tion and its order to remove certain wheels short take-off-and-landing, 45- to 60-passen­ I have observed the development o! the !rom tank cars. Another article talks about ger jets-ls behind the eight-ball. Arkansas River as a major transportation auto sales, another about taxes as related The recent purchase by Eastern Airlines system !rom Tulsa to the Gul!. I believe the to certain forms of transportation, another of the A300 air bus-the largest purchase Trinity has an even greater potential. concerns the oil tax deadline. And there's ever of foreign-built aircraft by United Despite opposition because of traditional another article on Senator Kennedy and his States air carriers-has to be a blow to both operating patterns, I do believe that espe­ traveling deregulation show and their the industry and the economy. In spite of cially the Congress will implement amend­ trucking hearings in the mldwest. the lumps the United States aircraft build­ ments to current laws that would permit Yet another article speaks very appropri­ ers have suffered, however, a short take-off­ response to the points mentioned earller­ ately, I think, o! government involvement and-landing, 45- to 60-passenger jet is prob­ energy conservation, cost efficiencies, bet­ in transportation, where CONRAIL losses ably more than a shadow in the crystal ball ter service and time conservation. are put at $366 million for 1977, with a of air passenger travel. I am just like the most o! you. I believe forecast for no improvement in its financial Additionally, the supersonic air transport that government should be involved where status !or the current year. for long-range trips is here. The ability to it's beneficial to me, and not involved I also have the Congressional Monitor leave Paris at 8 o'clock in the evening and where it's not beneficial. I am not saying for Friday. March 10th-which is not a lot land in the eastern United States at 6 : 00 that government will become uninvolved in different from any other day-and which p .m., without the usual so-called jet lag, is transportation. I think projects such as the lists the Senate and House committee hear­ a way of life that is here to stay-that's time development of the Trinity River must be ings that had been, or were in the process conservation ! the responsibility of government because the of being scheduled. If my premise is correct, demand will be­ project ls too large !or private enterprise. Of the 237 committee and subcommltee gin to force the development of new air travel I think the important point for you who hearings listed, 47--0r 20 percent-refer di­ patterns. For instance: A 45-passenger bus are involved in transportation to remember, rectly to the transportation lndustry­ will load downtown or at other convenient however, ls that government-whatever it hearings on everything from auto repairs areas wl th passengers to the same destina­ is-still is a government of special interest to retirement policies !or Department of De­ tion, drive to a close-in, short-field airport, groups. James Madison in the Federalist Pa­ fense air controllers. go directly onto the ramp to a plane of like pers states that special interest groups and Another publication, the Weekly Regula­ size, and passengers will arrive at destination their lobbyists would provide the balance tory Monitor, covers hearings scheduled by in about the same time as it presently takes that would keep our system viable. the various bureaucratic agencies. The to make reservations, drl ve to the airport, Elected members o! government con­ March 6th issue lists 198 scheduled hear­ buy a ticket and check in. stantly and vigorously seek your input in ings, of which 36-again almost 20 per­ In other markets where the demand ls su!­ order that the right conclusions might be cent-apply directly to the transportation ficien t, the use of planes such as the A300 reached. You have both the opportunity and industry. air bus would then diminish the importance the responsibility to have your input and This is at the federal level, and says noth~ of the so-called engineering marvels known knowledge become a part of the decision­ ing about the involvement of government as airports for ordinary passenger travel as making process. by the various state, county, city and other we know it today. It would not make them If we have succeeded today in convincing local governmental entities in the field of useless or obsolete. The diminished role of you-were you not already convinced-that transportation. air passenger transportation would be re­ government does play a role in transporta­ It may come as a surprise to those of you placed with new and massive needs for air tion, then maybe the best advice I can leave who are not bicycle enthusiasts (I am, in­ freight transportation, with an emphasis on with you ls that you must develop an ef­ cidentally) that the League o! American intercontinental air freight movement.
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