TRANSPORT POLICY AND THE LORRIES - A STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF REGULATION AND DEREGULATION
TRANSPORTPOLITIKEN OCH LASTBILARNA. EN STUDIE AV REGLERINGARNA OCH DERAS EFFEKTER
According to the 1940 Road Haulage Act, a licence for the carriage of goods for hire or reward was subject to a needs test. The licence stipulated the number of vehicles and their capacity, and also the traffic area, usually the county. The 1963 Transport Act called for a three-stage relaxation of restrictions. In stage I the needs test was eased, and in stage II vehicles with special bodies were exempted from the test. Stage III which would have abolished all capacity and territorial restrictions was postponed in 1968, mainly due to the recession at the time. The proper roles of road and rail transport were also being reappraised. Deregulation resulted in fewer refusals of licence applications. Although there were large increases at first in total capacity and the number of haulage firms, this increase has slowed down and reflects general economic conditions. Firms with at least 11 lorries continued to increase their share of the market. Own account transport declined considerably, from 40% in 1961 to 20% in 1974. There has been no serious diversion of traffic from the railways. Liberalisation has resulted in more effective utilisation of resources. It is proposed that stage III should now be implemented. /TRRL/
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Corporate Authors:
Industrins Utredningsinstitut
Box 5037
Stockholm 5, Sweden -
Authors:
- Kritz, L
- Publication Date: 1976
Language
- Swedish
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 230 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commodities; Deregulation; Freight handling; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Laws; Legislation; Regions; Regulations; Transportation policy; Trucks; Vehicle capacity
- Old TRIS Terms: Haulage
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00145427
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Traffic Research Institute
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 27 1977 12:00AM