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Title:	Less-Than-Truckload in the Northern Mountain-Plains States
Authors:	Mark Berwick, John Bitzan, Julie Rodriguez, and Gene Griffin
University:	North Dakota State University
Publication Date:	Sep 1997
Report #:	MPC-97-82
Project #:	MPC-135
TRID #:	00744561
Keywords:	commercial vehicle operations, data analysis, data collection, intelligent transportation systems, less than truckload traffic, level of service, mathematical analysis, motor carriers, rural areas, surveys, technology, trucking

Abstract

This study examined LTL carriers in the mountain-plains region of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. Many rural communities rely on the LTL industry for freight movements in and out of the region. The level of LTL service in the mountain-plains region is unknown in a post regulated environment.