1. Trucking's changing labels: carriers stretch the meaning of 'LTL' as more freight moves father, faster
- Author
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Cassidy, William B. and Beadle, Andrew D.
- Subjects
FedEx Freight -- Services ,Yellow Roadway Corp. -- Services ,Yellow Roadway Corp. -- Laws, regulations and rules ,Deregulation -- United States ,Trucking -- Services ,Trucking -- Laws, regulations and rules ,Deregulation -- Postal service ,Deregulation -- Airlines ,Deregulation -- Electric utilities ,Deregulation -- Gas transmission industry ,Deregulation -- Pharmaceutical industry ,Deregulation -- Advertising ,Deregulation -- Air freight ,Deregulation -- Freight ,Deregulation -- Insurance industry ,Deregulation -- Railroads ,Deregulation -- Telecommunications industry ,Deregulation -- Transportation ,Deregulation -- Trucking ,Deregulation -- Energy industry ,Deregulation -- Cable television broadcasting industry ,Deregulation -- Banking industry ,Deregulation -- Broadcasting ,Deregulation -- Dairying ,Deregulation -- Financial institutions ,Deregulation -- Financial services industry ,Deregulation -- Gas industry ,Deregulation -- Petroleum industry ,Deregulation -- Public utilities ,Deregulation -- Radio broadcasting ,Deregulation -- Retail trade ,Deregulation -- Shipping ,Deregulation -- Television broadcasting ,Government regulation ,Business ,Transportation industry - Abstract
Twenty years ago, it was easy to classify companies such as Ryder/P-I-E, Consolidated Freightways and Yellow Freight System as less-than-truckload carriers: simply put, that was the type of freight they [...]
- Published
- 2005