Fuel Price Impact on Transportation Paper

 

Fuel Price Impact on Transportation Paper

Research online the changes in transportation brought about by increases in fuel prices.  Write a three page paper in using at least five (5) references in addition to your textbook that does the following:

  •  Describe how fuel and labor have impacted motor carrier cost structures and how they have altered motor carrier operations.
  •  How does fuel cost and efficiency affect both air carrier costs and pricing?
  •  How does fuel cost and efficiency affect Railroad costs and pricing?
  •  What would be the impact of higher fuel charges on the water carrier industry? Provide rationale for raising their user charges.
  •  Which mode of transportation would suffer most from higher fuel prices? Benefit the most?

The three pages are content pages.  The title and reference pages are additional pages.  You must have a minimum of three pages of content.