ECONOMIC REGULATION OF INTRASTATE TRUCKING: AN IN-DEPTH EXAMINATION OF IOWA, KANSAS, MISSOURI AND NEBRASKA. FINAL REPORT

Legislation permitting the Federal preemption of state economic regulation of intrastate trucking service is now being considered by Congress. This proposed legislation has generated concern about the importance of states' rights, has generated both opposition and support among members of the trucking industry, and has created concern from labor interests and citizens of small, rural communities about the effects of additional deregulation of the trucking industry. This report addresses this public policy issue primarily from the perspective of the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. The focus of the study was on the nature and extent of the economic regulation of intrastate trucking now being practiced in these four states. This report documents the second year of research which consisted of three major components. First, additional efforts were made to understand the nature and degree of economic regulation of intrastate trucking in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Second, the most significant studies on state economic regulation of intrastate trucking and regulatory reform of intrastate trucking were reviewed and summarized. Third, in order to address certain issues that had not been addressed or addressed adequately and to identify the most important germane issues that still need to be researched, a day long workshop on economic regulation of intrastate trucking was held in Kansas City, Missouri on July 8, 1991. This report summarizes the first two components and reports on the workshop in summary form in an appendix.