Considers H.R. 7960 and related H.R. 7961, H.R. 7962, H.R. 9279, H.R. 9280, and H.R. 9281, to amend the Interstate Commerce Act and the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prevent motor, water, and air transportation carriers from engaging in intermodal transportation.

Considers H.R. 7960 and related H.R. 7961, H.R. 7962, H.R. 9279, H.R. 9280, and H.R. 9281, to amend the Interstate Commerce Act and the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to prevent motor, water, and air transportation carriers from engaging in intermodal transportation.

This book represents the proceedings of a conference held at KobeUniversity, that brought together some of the world's leading researchers in the field oftransportation planning and policy.It contains a compendium of papers representing state-of-the-art researchon topics of competition and regulation and system structure in air and maritimetransportation. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and others who can use it as a starting point for advancing the state of knowledge in important topics of transportation systems management. It can also serve as a textbook for an advanced graduate course in transportation, economics, or public policy as applied to maritime transportation and air transportation. As such it is the first text of its kind.