Gray Area of Transportation Operations; Statement No. 6010, File No. 51-D-7
Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1960. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Staplebound. iv, 114 pages. Map. Occasional footnotes. Cover has some wear, soiling, and edge tear. Small area blacked out on front cover. This study was issued as information and had not been adopted by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) when published. The ICC was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies. Congress expanded ICC authority to regulate other modes of commerce beginning in 1906. The agency was abolished in 1995, and its remaining functions were assigned to the Surface Transportation Board. The Commission's five members were appointed by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate. This was the first independent agency (or so-called fourth Branch). More