The Feasibility Of Deregulating Surface Freight Transportation

Author : Clifford Winston
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815714386
Total Pages : 80 pages
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Download or read book The Economic Effects of Surface Freight Deregulation written by Clifford Winston and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For close to 100 years, America's surface freight industries, primarily rail and trucking, operated under the protective wing of the U.S. government. In 1980 Congress, finding vast inefficiencies in the two industries, substantially deregulated both, opening them at last to market competition. Deregulation has brought with it many changes—for firms within the industries, for their labor force, and for shippers and their customers. Clifford Winston, Thomas M. Corsi, Curtis M. Grimm, and Carol A Evans provide a comprehensive evaluation of the effect of the deregulation legislation on the rail and trucking industries. According to the authors, deregulation has made substantial progress in solving the two most vexing problems of the surface freight transportation industry—excessive rates in the trucking industry and insufficient returns on investment in the rail industry. Competition and efficiency have returned to both industries, and although the labor force in each has suffered wage and job losses, shippers and their customers have gained roughly $20 billion a year in benefits. The authors recommend policies that would continue to promote competition and the efficient use of highway and railway infrastructure.

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Total Pages : 142 pages
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Download or read book The feasibility of deregulating surface freight transportation written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Phillip Herr
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437982352
Total Pages : 67 pages
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Download or read book Surface Freight Transportation written by Phillip Herr and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Road, rail, and waterway freight transportation is vital to the nation's economy. Gov't., tax, regulatory, and infrastructure investment policies can affect the costs that shippers pass on to their customers. If gov't. policy gives one mode a cost advantage over another, then shipping prices and customers' use of freight modes can be distorted, reducing the overall efficiency of the nation's economy. This report: (1) describes how gov't. policies can affect competition and efficiency within the surface freight transportation sector; (2) determines what is known about the extent to which all costs are borne by surface freight customers; and (3) discusses the use of the findings when making surface freight transportation policy. Illus. A print on demand report.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
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Download or read book Freight Transportation written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Eric Teske
Publisher : American Enterprise Institute
ISBN 13 : 9780844738963
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deregulating Freight Transportation written by Paul Eric Teske and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 1995 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the effects of government intervention on the operations of the freight transportation industry.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
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Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deregulation of Surface Freight Forwarders written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
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Total Pages : 58 pages
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Download or read book Freight Transportation in America written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nancy L. Rose
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Total Pages : 34 pages
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Download or read book An Economic Assessment of Surface Freight Transportation Deregulation written by Nancy L. Rose and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nancy L. Rose
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ISBN 13 : 9781330851722
Total Pages : 44 pages
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Download or read book An Economic Assessment of Surface Freight Transportation Deregulation (Classic Reprint) written by Nancy L. Rose and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Economic Assessment of Surface Freight Transportation Deregulation Regulatory reforms during the late 1970 sand early1980s dramatically transformed the structure and performance of the U.S. surface freight transportation industry. After four decades of gradual decline, the number of firms in the interstate trucking industry exploded, increasing from 16,000 in 1975 to more than 33,000 in 1985. Real trucking rates fell nearly 20 percent over the same period. Deregulation of the rail industry led to mergers and consolidations that have slashed the number of large (Class I) carriers from 73 in 1975 to 26 in 1985. At the same time that real average revenue per ton-mile declined by 21 percent, real net railway operating income rose by over 160 percent. The structural and performance changes associated with transport "deregulation" generated substantial redistributions of wealth among carriers, labor, shippers, and final customers and dramatically altered the costs and organization of transportation services. Many of these consequences were anticipated in the debate over deregulation; others have emerged during the regulatory transition. In general, economic deregulation has led to net social benefits. However, three issues-- motor carrier safety, railroad pricing for captive shippers, and increased concentration in both industries-- have attracted growing public attention and raised questions about the desirability of competitive transportation industries. This study surveys the current state of the U.S. trucking and railroad industries and discusses developments that may merit policy attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
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Total Pages : 78 pages
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Download or read book Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act of 1985 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: