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The unregulated Florida produce truck-service market is studied to determine whether truck-service suppliers respond to competitive signals. Each year, Florida has two produce shippng peaks--one in winter and one in spring. Although weekly shipping volumes for the two peaks are approximately the same, the predominant truck-service buyers in the two peaks have very different price bidding behavior. The prices bid in the winter fluctuate with the quantity of truck service supplied, and there is a strong statistical relation between the two. The prices bid during the spring remain rigid, and spot shortages in truck service are generally observed in the spring. By using the winter shipping season as an example, truck-service supply is found to respond efficiently to competitive price signals. This implies that, if spring prices were bid with respect to market conditions instead of at rigid levels, shortages could be alleviated. This finding also provides an example of the efficient response of unregulated truck service to price signals. (Author)

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Agriculture; Competition; Demand; Deregulation; Loop detectors; Motor carriers; Pricing; Supply

Supply and demand

Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

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Jun 30 1983 12:00AM

• DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF STATEWIDE, MULTIMODAL FREIGHT FORECASTING PROCEDURES FOR FLORIDA
• IMPACT OF INCREASED TRUCK WEIGHTS ON RELATIVE COSTS OF MOTOR CARRIERS AND RAILROADS AND POTENTIAL MODAL DIVERSION (ABRIDGMENT)
• IMPORTANCE OF EMPTY BACK HAULING AND SPECIAL SERVICES TO COST OF EXEMPT TRUCK SERVICE
• MODEL FOR STATEWIDE FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
• PRACTICAL METHODOLOGY FOR FREIGHT FORECASTING
• TRUCK FORECASTS AND PAVEMENT DESIGN (ABDRIDGMENT)
• VALUE OF OVERWEIGHTING TO INTERCITY TRUCKERS