Research Article
Aug 1976
Competition in the Transportation Industry
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 102, Issue 3
Abstract
There are proposals currently under consideration to deregulate the transportation industry. This paper examines the basic economic structure of several modes of transportation in an attempt to forecast how successful competition is likely to be as a regulator of price and service to the public. The conclusions are that where the market is close to the economists classical free market as in trucking, competition is likely to be reliable, but where oligarchy or monopoly will exist, as in rail transport, competition will be unreliable. The common carrier concept has served this country well in the past and should not be discarded without careful study of the consequences.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 102 • Issue 3 • August 1976
Pages: 489 - 505
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© 1976 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Aug 1976
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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Dayle M. Clark, M.ASCE
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., The Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Tex.
James J. Schwarzwalder
Transportation Engr., Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, Philadelphia, Pa.
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