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Filter by Keyword46 report(s) found with carriers in the keywords field This report represents a continuation of analysis concerned with the patterns and methods of distributing grains and oilseed from North Dakota. The organization structure of railroads in the Upper Great Plains region is rapidly changing. Class I carriers such as the Burlington Northern are selling their branch lines to new rail operators. Line sale, on a significant scale, may affect traditional competitive relationships among railroads and... This directory was published with two goals in mind. First, it serves as a list to shippers in identifying inter- and intrastate grain haulers. Second, it publicizes firms that operate in the grain trucking industry. This directory was published with two goals in mind. First, it serves as a list to shippers in identifying interstate grain haulers. And second, it publicizes firms that operate in the grain trucking industry. This review of literature on intrastate motor carrier regulatory reform has revealed two basic findings. First, in states where intrastate deregulation has taken place rates have generally declined or have remained constant, and quality of service has not eroded. And second, shippers and receivers generally... This is the seventh of eight papers in the Transportation Deregulation and Agriculture series, John O. Gerald and Ken L. Casavant, general editors, published by the Western Rural Development Center. The series deals with the nature and potential impacts on agriculture of the Motor Carrier and Staggers... The general purpose of this paper was to evaluate the performance and operating characteristics of the motor carrier industry serving North Dakota. Specific objectives are: 1) to evaluate the existing grain motor carrier industry in North Dakota as to operating characteristics and stability; 2) to evaluate... The general purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance and operating characteristics of the motor carrier industry moving North Dakota grain. Specific objectives were to: (1) identify the structure and operating characteristics of the exempt motor carrier industry; (2) identify costs of operation... The objectives of this study are to define the regulatory environment of interstate and intrastate motor carriers, to compare the North Dakota intrastate motor carrier industry's financial characteristics to a nationwide industry-norm, and to analyze trends of the North Dakota intrastate motor carrier... An analysis of the Motor Carrier Act for 1980. |
