Comprehensive Master Plan for the Management of the Upper Mississippi River System: Technical Report C, National Transportation Policy Relationship to Navigation Capacity Expansion

摘要

Congress requested the Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission determine during the Master Plan study the 'relationship of any expansion of navigation capacity on the Upper Mississippi to National Transportation Policy.' This report documents government involvement in transportation, the history of national transportation policymaking, and the implications of policy on expansion. The basic theme behind transportation policy has been the maintenance of an orderly marketplace. Recent trends in policy have been toward reduced regulatory restrictions and reduced Federal aid.