| 词条 | Tourmobile |
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| name = Landmark Services Tourmobile, Inc. | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = Tourmobile ribbon.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = Robert G. Stanton, National Capital Region, James M. Ridenour, Director, NPS, Mr. Tom Mack and Ms. Phyllis Tate in 1989. At the 20th Anniversary of the Tourmobile service in front of the Lincoln Memorial. | trading_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | romanized_name = | former_name = | type = | traded_as = | ISIN = | ISIN2 = | industry = Tourism and transportation | genre = | fate = Contract terminated by National Park Service | predecessor = | successor = | founded = | founder = | defunct = | hq_location = Washington DC | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | num_locations = | num_locations_year = | area_served = | key_people = | products = | brands = | production = | production_year = | services = | revenue = | revenue_year = | operating_income = | income_year = | net_income = | net_income_year = | aum = | assets = | assets_year = | equity = | equity_year = | owner = | members = | members_year = | num_employees = | num_employees_year = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | module = | ratio = | rating = | website = | footnotes = }}Tourmobile was a sightseeing company that operated in Washington DC from 1969 until 2011.[1][2] The company was founded as a subsidiary of Universal Studios with three buses and grew to become an independent company carrying more than 700,000 passengers per year at $32 per ticket on its fleet of 45 vehicles.[3] Passengers were able to board and alight as often as they liked on the day in which a ticket was purchased.[4][5] Tourmobile operated a legal monopoly for guided tours of the National Mall and Arlington Cemetery, which prevented the DC Circulator, Capital Bikeshare, WMATA,[6] and other organizations from providing services in highly-traveled parts of the city.[7][8] This monopoly was highly controversial from the start.[9] The National Park Service received an estimated $330,000 per year from the arrangement.[10] After the termination of the Tourmobile contract, companies including Gray Line Worldwide and Open Top Sightseeing began providing National Mall tours.[11] The company's fleet consisted of a distinctive style of bus, the newest of which was manufactured in 1976.[12] References1. ^{{cite news|last1=Fiegel|first1=Eric|title=After 42 years, Washington's Tourmobile company makes its final run|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/31/travel/dc-tour-operator-closing/|accessdate=24 April 2017|date=October 31, 2011}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=No More Tourmobile Rides at Arlington Nat’l Cemetery|url=https://www.arlnow.com/2011/11/02/no-more-tourmobile-rides-at-arlington-natl-cemetery/|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=ARLnow|date=November 2, 2011}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Morrison|first1=Erica|title=Tourmobile service in D.C. to end Monday after 42 years|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tourmobile-service-in-dc-to-end-monday-after-42-years/2011/10/28/gIQAZehUQM_story.html|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=Washington Post|date=October 28, 2011}} 4. ^{{cite book|author1=Jean K. Rosales|author2=Michael R. Jobe|title=DC Goes to the Movies: A Unique Guide to the Reel Washington|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IcW-V4XrPakC&pg=PA297|date=1 February 2003|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-26797-2|pages=297–}} 5. ^{{cite book|author=Tom Price|title=Washington, D.C. For Dummies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hz9gLjeet10C&pg=PA96|date=13 August 2007|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-16891-2|page=96}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=Bicentennial Transportation Program Construction: Environmental Impact Statement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n903AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA13|year=1976|pages=13–}} 7. ^{{cite news|last1=Depellis|first1=Lydia|title=The Never Ending Tourmobile|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/news/housing-complex/blog/13122051/the-never-ending-tourmobile|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=Washington Citypaper|date=July 28, 2011}} 8. ^{{cite news|last1=Kelly|first1=John|title=Pedicabs on the Mall: Fun for tourists or unsafe ride?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/pedicabs-on-the-mall-fun-for-tourists-or-unsafe-ride/2011/07/01/gHQAS2qpxH_story.html|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=Washington Post|date=July 4, 2011}} 9. ^{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds|title=Union Station/National Visitor Center: hearings before the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V3DSAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off.|page=332}} 10. ^{{cite book|author=Lisa Benton-Short|title=The National Mall: No Ordinary Public Space|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2HpDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT120|date=12 August 2016|publisher=University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division|isbn=978-1-4426-3056-7|pages=120–}} 11. ^{{cite news|title=Bus tours restored on National Mall|url=http://wjla.com/news/local/bus-tours-restored-on-national-mall-74585|accessdate=24 April 2017|work=WJLA|date=April 5, 2012}} 12. ^{{cite book|title=Metro|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PRlWAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Bobit Publishing Company|page=xii}} 5 : Companies based in Washington, D.C.|Travel and holiday companies of the United States|National Mall|National Mall and Memorial Parks|Conservation and restoration of vehicles |
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