This developing program in transportation ethics and societal issues is the first such program in the world. Its initial focus is the identification of ethical and societal issues associated with the development and implementation of transportation programs and technology in both the public and private sectors. Subsequent research will apply analytical methods to address these issues and incorporate their consideration into the public and private planning processes. One related activity was the workshop on Methodologies for Analysis of Societal Issues in Transportation, which took place in May 1995.
Several reports are available .
Barbara C. Richardson . For additional information see Societal and Ethical Issues in Transportation at OSAT in the Summer 1996 newsletter. Virtually every product moves in a truck at some point in the chain linking producer to customer. Administratively located in the University of Michigan's Business school, this interdisciplinary project is funded by the Sloan Foundation and has as its mission the development of an understanding of the US trucking industry. OSAT staff will direct that portion of the project dealing with the impact of federal and state regulation upon the functioning of the industry.