THE GEOGRAPHY OF TRANSPORT SYSTEMS


Year Country Legislation
1967 Canada National Transportation Act
1977 USA Air Cargo Deregulation Act
1978 USA Aviation Deregulation Act
1980 USA Staggers Act; Motor Carrier Act
1982 USA Bus Regulatory Reform Act
1984 USA Ocean Shipping Act
1987 Canada National Transportation Act; Shipping Conference Exemption Act; Motor Vehicle Transport Act
1991 USA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
1995 USA Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act
1996 Canada Canada Transportation Act
1998 USA Ocean Shipping Reform Act
2001 Canada Canada Shipping Act

Source: adapted from T.D. Heaver (2004) "Transport Sector Policies in the NAFTA Region: Lessons for China, Japan and Korea", in 2004 EWC-KOTI Conference A Design for Northeast Asian Transport Market Integration: The Cases of ASEAN and NAFTA, The East-West Center and the Korea Transport Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii, 16-17 August.

Some Legislations in the Deregulation of Transport in the United States and Canada