COMPETITIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: A MYTH

This paper takes the position that the transportation industry as a whole is not a fit subject for competition in the rigorous, modal sense. It also maintains that the modes most often are not as competitive as they claim to be. Regulation was a response to economic and political needs, and, before it is discarded, careful study of the economic and political consequences of such action should be undertaken. No nation has reached or maintained a high level of economic development in the absence of a stable infrastructure, an important element of which is the transportation system. Even if a competitive transportation structure could achieve the desired standards of stability, financial responsibility, and service, elements for such an entity are lacking.

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  American Society of Traffic and Transportation

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• Authors:
  • Melton Jr, L J
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 48-55
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Economic forecasting; Economics; Infrastructure; Mode S; Policy; Politics; Quality of service; Regulation; Regulations; Transportation; Transportation modes; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies; Government regulations
• Subject Areas: Economics; Law; Policy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00128638
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM