TRANSPORT OF GOODS. WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT ROLE?

GOEDERENVERVOER. WAT DOET DE OVERHEID ERAAN

This article gives an outline of the development in the Dutch transport policy since the nineteen fifties. In that decade two important laws concerning road and water transport were introduced. The main instrument is a licence-system with which the government should be able to maintain a continuous equilibrium between demand and supply in the road and water transport sector. This should create the circumstances for a paying price level. The experience since then, especially during the last ten years, has made clear that the licence-system as laid down in the two laws is not adequate. The effect is a greater responsibility for the transport industry. At the same time the licence-system has raised a number of bureaucratic details. A study will be started to draw up alternative instruments relating to areas of unacceptable competition. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Netherlands Institute of Transport

  Polakweg 13
  2288 GG Rijswijk,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1983

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 140-153
• Serial:
  • Magazine for Transport Science
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Netherlands Centre for Transp, Training & Consult
  • ISSN: 0040-7623

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Economics; Federal government; Foreign; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Governments; History; Legislation; Operating costs; Policy; Supply; Tariffs; Transportation; Transportation policy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Supply and demand
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 285: Demand (econ); 741: Goods traffic; 183: Government (national); 9096: History; 1556: Legislation; 8078: Netherlands; 221: Operating costs; 173: Policy; 241: Tariff; 1155: Transport
• Subject Areas: Economics; History; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382990
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1984 12:00AM