PROCEEDINGS: CONFERENCE ON INTERCITY BUS TRANSPORTATION. REMARKS OF HANFORD O'HARA

With passage of the Motor Carrier Act, Congress demonstrated its intention to reduce unnecessary regulation and enhance competition in the trucking industry. For this reason, along with the fact that the bus and trucking industries have certain similarities, the draft ICC proposal has been structured around this Act. Technically, the ICC draft borrows from both the Act and the American Bus Association Bill. Functionally, it is divided into the three areas of concern: entry, exit, and rates. Each area has been liberalized to result in greater competition and flexibility in the industry, as well as in a preemption of state prerogatives for each area. It is important that state prerogatives be considered in the modernization of any federal legislation. (Author)