Contents: Pricing TOFC shuttle trains--an equilibrium analysis; Economics of improved TOFC/COFC systems; Improving intermodal service through organizational innovation; Regulation of discrimination in railway freight transport; Analysis of implicit trade-off between costs and benefits of rate bureaus; Design considerations for experiments in major regulatory change; Evaluation of trucking entry control--the exempt backhaul case; Motor carrier freight classification and costs of providing transportation services; Observations of unregulated transport service in Honduras; Elementary theory of traffic diversions--a tool for analysis of restructured railroad networks; Transportation manpower adjustments to technological change through collective bargaining--the crew-size dispute in the railroad industry; Parametric study of track response; and Effects of ride environment on intercity train passenger activities.
Rail and Motor Carrier Reports
1979
83 pages
Report
No indication
English
Railroad Transportation , Road Transportation , Railroads , Cargo transportation , Highway transportation , Piggyback , Flatcars , Trailers , Regulations , Rates(Costs) , Services , Common carriers , Motor vehicles , Labor relations , Intermodal transportation systems , Intercity transportation , Shuttle services , Trade off analysis , Railroad industry , Trucking industry
Engineering Index Backfile | 1912