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Freight Transportation in the United States under went an important change on January 1, 1995. Practices and procedures associated with freight transportation, except for safety, would now operate in an open or market driven environment because the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and the respective state regulatory agencies (DOT’s) were terminated. Notwithstanding the fact that the rules and regulations of the past were eliminated, the operating environment, mindset and fundamental principles remain as the viable structure and frame of reference for freight transportation. The areas of greatest change occurred with the significant increase in the number of carriers and the "blurring" of the former distinctions.

Freight transportation together with its associated and attendant issues, in the United States continues to modify their performance and behavior. Freight transportation is in the public domain; and because neither appropriate transition plans nor impact was sufficiently considered by the Motor Carrier Act of 1995, the subsequent void continues to cause the current operating posture to be subordinated to historical processes and practices