Shipper Rail Rates: Interstate Commerce Commission's Handling of Complaints

摘要

The document contains information on the Interstate Commerce Commission's implementation of the captive shipper protections of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980. It also contains information on six specific areas of the Commission's activities regarding shipper rate complaints. These areas were: the current case-load-to-completion-time ratio; the ratio of cases settled in favor of railroads over those settled in favor of shippers; the total revenue gained and projected income from the current $500 filing fee charged to shippers when filing a complaint; the total administrative costs involved in processing a complaint; the number of rate changes instituted in the last 4 years; and the number of rate hearings that have been held in the last 4 years and which, if any, have been public.