Nearly 50,000 or one in five (22%) Canadian truck drivers on the road in 1998 were independent truckers or owner-operators". However, similar to other forms of self-employment, the net-earnings and socio-economic characteristics of owner-operators have often been ignored by researchers for…
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For several years, urban transit ridership in Canada has been declining. In the late 1990s, ridership began to stabilize but at a level well below the peaks reached in previous years. Many have postulated reasons for the decline, including the dominance of the automobile, changes in work…
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This article is divided into three sections. Section 1 describes results for small for-hire carriers; section 2 contains data for owner operations; and section 3 provides a general discussion of Annual Motor Carriers of Freight survey data quality.
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This study presents 1997/1998 LFS earnings estimates for about 85,000 drivers employed by for-hire carriers (companies whose principal business is transportation of goods for a fee) in comparison to drivers employed in private trucking (companies that transport their freight by truck, but whose…
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The primary purpose of this article is to present a new time series data and to demonstrate its analytical potential and not to provide a detailed analysis of these data. The analysis in section 5.2.4 will deal primarily with the trends of major variables dealing with domestic and transborder…
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This table contains 16 series, with data for years 1975 - 1994 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2000-05-25. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada),…
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Increased interprovincial and cross-border trucking has fuelled the demand for truck drivers. This study examines the hours, earnings and demographic characteristics of workers in one of the most common occupations among men.
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This article provides estimates of the percentage of seniors who are licensed to operate a motor vehicle. It describes the health characteristics of these license holders and reviews research relating to older drivers.
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Operating ratios for top carriers improved by one point in the first and second quarter of 1999 over the same period one year earlier. Average revenue per carrier fell 1% in the first quarter and rose only 3% in the second quarter.
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On an industry wide basis, Canadian bus companies continue to grow and prosper. Gross revenues in 1998 (excluding subsidies) were 8.6 percent higher than in 1995.
Transportation/Road transportation/Passenger bus and transit industries;Business performance and ownership/…