AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE TRUCKING AND TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY

This article focuses on competition within trucking which is generally divided into a regulated segment and an unregulated segment primarily associated with transportation serving agriculture. The status and posture of the unregulated segment of trucking is described and the author contends that its suppression to protect regulated carriers violates economic principles of efficiency and contributes to cost inflation in all sectors of the economy. The efficiency problem is compounded by the rapidly growing role of trucking in agricultural marketing.

• Corporate Authors:

  Association Interstate Commerce Comm Practitioner

  1112 ICC Building
  Washington, DC  United States  20423
• Authors:
  • Roberts, M J
• Publication Date: 1978-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 157-174
• Serial:
  • ICC Practitioners Journal
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: N/A

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Agricultural exemption; Agricultural products; Competition; Deregulation; Motor carriers; Regulations; Transportation modes
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
• Old TRIS Terms: Agricultural traffic; Government regulations
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Law; Motor Carriers; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00172021
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ICC Practitioners' Journal
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1978 12:00AM