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Research Reports
Filter by Keyword46 report(s) found with carriers in the keywords field This project examines the feasibility of developing a model from other data to ascertain the likelihood of a certain safety rating. This would enable efforts to be concentrated on the motor carrier firms with the least probability of achieving a Satisfactory rating and reduce the need to visit every... The logistical system within the Red River Trade Corridor region will play a key role in determining the success of this North American trade corridor. Within this report there is an inventory of shipping services in and through the Red River Trade Corridor. Furthermore, the fundamentals of shipping... The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between career stage, time spent on the road, and driver work-related attitudes. Three phenomena make the study of truck driver attitudes salient to carriers and shippers. First, turnover among truck drivers has traditionally been very high. Research... The main objective of the present study is to analyze roadside inspection data and its relationship to safety/compliance review and accident data. Data used for this analysis is provided by the Office of Motor Carriers and includes a sample of larger carriers with the most recent inspection information... This study was conducted in an effort to add knowledge to the issue of hours of service rules that regulate commercial truck drivers. Drivers, carriers, and society in general would appear to experience positive net gains from a change in the cumulative hours of service rules from the current 70-in-8... In the motor carrier industry, many drivers are paid based on the number of miles they drive. Because of this, they can be said to be on a piecework system of payment. This paper explores some ideas and theory about piecework and applies these to drivers. The theories discussed are those pertaining to... Firms can jointly serve multiple markets in a set and can serve one of several mutually exclusive sets. Firms choose the set and the particular markets of the set in which to produce. Entry regulation influences these decisions by restricting access to some but not all markets. Entry restrictions directly... This report examines the firm decisions to enter markets under conditions of joint production and entry regulation. The information contained in this report was gathered in February 1991. The data reported represent policies that were current as of the date of the survey. Several companies were in the process of modifying their compensation policies. This is the first time a directory of this type has been published by the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. It is being published in an attempt to fill many needs. Shippers can use it to determine what their choices are in the market. The motor carrier industry can use it to track service... |
