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NTL Classification:NTL-FREIGHT-Trucking Industry;NTL-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION-HIGHWAY/ROAD TRANSPORTATION;NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY;NTL-LAWS AND REGULATIONS-State Laws and Regulations;
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Abstract:The efficient movement of freight is a key to the economic success of any state, region or nation. Rising transport costs will tend to
make products from the region more expensive and less competitive in the national and global markets. This trend can be
addressed by adding capacity, a very expensive and long-term solution; improving the management of the highway and rail
systems; and by easing the regulatory burden on carriers. Some states have organized themselves into compacts or coalitions to
issue permits for these routine loads on a regional basis. While permitting is one of the issues often raised by truckers as a costly
and frustrating process, a number of concerns over exactly how individual state rules can be harmonized to facilitate regional
permitting must be resolved before multi-state agreements can be put into place. To better understand the nature of regional
permitting processes, existing compact or agreements must be reviewed and their rules, processes and administrative procedures
documented. In addition, members of those compacts must be interviewed to measure their perceptions of the costs and benefits
entailed in regional agreements.
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