THE U.S. MOTOR CARRIER INDUSTRY AT THE MILLENNIUM

The important issues for the U.S. motor carrier industry in the next millennium will be substantially different than those in the past century. In particular, the industry will have to face the challenges of a competitive and continually changing market environment for freight transportation. This paper provides a brief introduction to several areas of crucial importance to both industry and policymakers concerned with the long term survival of trucking as a viable and efficient provider of freight transportation services in the future.

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  https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000544443
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  Transportation Research Forum

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• Authors:
  • McMullen, B S
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 141-150
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Future; Market share; Motor carriers; Policy making; Transportation policy; Trucking
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00800426
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 20 2000 12:00AM