The articles in this volume discuss how well industries operating under government regulation respond to technical innovation: do the effects of regulations vary among industries, and if so, does this result from variations in the regulatory approach, the organization of the firms, or the nature of the technology? Industries considered include…

A national Transportation Research Information Services Network (TRISNET) is being developed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) linking libraries, data bases, and retrieval services with DOT information activities. Core services provide switch and referral, indexing and abstracting, online retrieval, and document delivery. (JY)

All six students reached the 100% criterion preference level under simulated training conditions and three Ss immediately generalized to the actual community environment. Although the skills that were acquired in the simulated environment by the remaining three Ss did not transfer immediately to the actual community, fewer in vivo trials were…

A single parent of a child with orthopedic disabilities describes both accessibility problems and benefits of a trip to Hawaii with two boys in wheelchairs. (CL)

Seven design principles identified from research as crashworthy for transporting disabled persons in buses are listed, and survey results of transportation of 161 disabled children in Australia are discussed relative to the design principles. Findings are discussed and recommendations made to correct deviations, such as absence of lapbelts. (MC)

Discusses methods to use in avoiding future bus hijackings; focuses specifically on radio communications systems. (IRT)

Productivity trends indicate intercity trucking productivity increased an average 2.7 percent a year, a fairly uniform increased productivity rate but substantially lower as compared to air carrier, railroad, and pipeline transportation. Factors affecting productivity are gradual introduction of technological innovation, larger capacity trucks,…

A campus delivery service is one way to increase accessibility of library materials. This report provides an overview of such a service, evaluates its performance, notes the economic implications, and concludes that the service can solve some of the problems of decentralized collections. (13 references) (Author)

School busing is discussed in relation to racial prejudice and politics. (MM)

Author feels that techniques for teaching the inappropriate as well as the educationally myopic policy of indiscriminate busing have little to do with success in education. (GB)

Advocates an 8-10 year trial run of a free, Voucher-backed school as an attempt to learn future trends in this country's education. (RA)