Download or read book Guide for Evaluating the Community Impact of Rail Service Discontinuance written by United States. Rail Services Planning Office and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide has been prepared to provide a method for evaluation of the economic, social and environmental impacts of rail abandonments on a community. It is designed to prepare responses to any proposed action which contemplates a reduction or elimination of rail service to a community. It is oriented at a technical and quantitative assessment of the impact of branch line abandonments. The document was designed to respond to proposals under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 for abandonments in conjunction with establishment of Conrail.