Intercity freight movement has not been viewed for some years as a major problem area in transportation, yet several important issues are emerging. The viability of the railroad system in the face of increasing competition from other modes, trucks in particular, is one such issue. Another is the extent to which growth in highway freight movements demands further expansion of the highway network. Research in this area will require information about the for-hire trucking industry. The list of basic questions for which no satisfactory answers are available is extensive. What commodities are the motor carriers moving. How much of motor-carrier traffic consists of truckload shipments and how much of less-than-truckload shipments. What distance does this traffic move. What price does a shipper pay to send traffic by common-carrier truck; how does the price vary with shipment weight, length and the commodity being transported. The kind of data that are presented in the report should be useful, not from a single motor-carrier conference alone nor for isolated periods of time, but as an example of the type of analysis that will be possible with a complete and continuous flow of traffic data. (USDT abstract)


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    Title :

    Competition in the Intercity Freight Market: A Waybill Study of the Motor-Carrier Industry


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1971


    Size :

    150 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English