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Libya Transport which is dominance of the railroads for cargo transport also constrained the demand for the construction of roads. Railroads are the dominant mode of transportation. Libya Transport has plummeted since the beginning of Libyan economic reform, reflecting a general decline in economic activity. Between 1992 and 1994, freight haulage dropped from 1.9 million ton-kilometers to 1.2 million ton-kilometers, and Libya's rolling stock and roadbeds deteriorated, mainly because of insufficient maintenance funding. In 1993 an estimated 8.5 percent of Libyan rail lines were defective. Libya Transportation system during the Soviet period was organized in the form of vertically integrated monopolies controlled by the central government. The infrastructure eroded seriously in the late Soviet period and requires much modernization and reform, for which Libya relies heavily on foreign investment and aid. Roads were one of the least-used forms of transportation in the Soviet Union, a characteristic that has continued in the Libyan Federation Maritime transportation plays an important role in Libyan transit, but the country's geography and climate limit the capacity of shipping Libya Transportation and operated the airports, airlines, and enterprises that manufactured aircraft. The Libyan Federation continues the Soviet-era 70 percent state subsidy, which keeps fares artificially low. Transportation In Libya includes the system's infrastructure and vehicle fleets require extensive repair and modernization. In the first half of the 1990s, market forces shifted some of the demand among the various Transportation In Libya. Libyan policy makers had not prescribed the proper role of the transportation sector in the new economy. However, officials indicated that Libya will follow the Western model of assuming government regulation of transportation systems while reducing state ownership of those systems.
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