Contents: Preface; The evolution of the U.S. motor carrier industry, B. Starr McMullen; The truckload carrier industry segment, Thomas M. Corsi; Less-than-truckload motor carriers: a story of diversity and change, Peter F. Swan and Stephen V. Burks; The package express industry: a historical and current perspective, Leslie S. Hough and Maciek Nowak; Logistics service providers, C. John Langley, Jr; Industry performance following reformation of economic and social regulation in the trucking industry, James Peoples; Technology in trucking, Anuradha Nagarajan, Enrique Canessa, Maciek Nowak, Will Mitchell and Chelsea C. White III; Truck drivers in the age of information: transformation without gain, Dale L. Belman, Francine Lafontaine and Kristen A. Monaco; Just-in-time and trucking logistics: the lean learning enterprise, Jennifer N. Karlin and Jeffrey K. Liker; Truck safety in the age of information, Lee Husting and Elyce A. Biddle; Future truck drivers: where will they come from, why would they take the job? Michael E. Conyngham; Index.