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... Background The nation's freight, intercity passenger, and commuter rail operators need a comprehensive source of information that can provide authoritatively researched, specific, limited-scope studies of legal issues and problems having national significance and application to rail transportation. The complex interaction among operators, institutional entities at all levels of government, and private and public sectors creates a multi-level institutional configuration affecting rail system planning and operation.

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