Road transportation

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• 1. Motor carriers of freight: Top for-hire carriers, third and fourth quarter, 1999 Archived

  Table: 50-002-X20000045454

  Description:

  Third quarter 1999 operating ratios for top carriers improved by one point over the same period one year earlier to 0.93 but were unchanged in the fourth quarter (0.94). Average revenue per carrier grew by 3% in the third quarter and 4% in the fourth quarter.

  Release date: 2000-11-27

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• 2. The Canadian passenger bus industry: First half 1999 Archived

  Table: 50-002-X20000025104

  Description:

  For the Canadian bus industry as a whole, the first six months of 1999 produced marginal financial improvements over the same months of the previous year. Gross revenues excluding subsidies grew by just over one half of one percent, rising from $1.58 billion in 1998 to $1.59 billion in 1999. Expenditures decreased slightly from $2.38 billion for the first two quarters of 1998 to $2.37 billion in 1999.

  Release date: 2000-07-12

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• 3. The Cost of Independence: Socio-economic Profiles of Independent Truck Drivers Archived

  Table: 53F0002X

  Description:

  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 reasons of analytical convenience or data limitations. New data products recently released by Statistics Canada such as the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) have the potential to fill much of this gap. The 1997 SLID cross-sectional micro-data files offer a limited but meaningful insight into the work patterns of the owner-operator population, complementing and validating well-established business surveys such as the annual Small for-hire carrier and Owner-operator Survey (SFO). The purpose of this study, through a multivariate analysis of the 1997 SLID and the 1997 SFO survey, was to compare the work patterns and backgrounds of owner-operators to company drivers (paid truck drivers employed by carriers). The study found that while drivers may choose to be self-employed to gain independence, owner-operators tend to work longer hours to meet fixed and variable costs, in return for lower after-tax earnings and a greater likelihood of high work-life stress. The analysis also found that the odds of self-employment among truckers were highest among drivers over 40 years of age with no post-secondary training.

  Release date: 2000-06-07

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• 4. Factors Affecting Urban Transit Ridership Archived

  Journals and periodicals: 53F0003X

  Geography: Canada

  Description:

  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 locations and hours, increasing fares, decreasing subsidies and increasing suburbanization.

  Using data from approximately 85 Canadian urban transit service providers, over a period of 8 years, this paper outlines the empirical results of analysis to measure factors that have affected urban transit ridership. Among the key goals of this project was the development of measures of fare elasticity.

  Demographic, socio-economic and level of service variables were used in the research to explain changes in ridership. A variety of dummy variables was also used to account for structural differences.

  The paper concludes with an examination of major Canadian cities that carry the majority of all commuters in the country.

  Release date: 2000-06-06

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• 5. Annual Motor Carriers of Freight Survey: small for-hire carriers and owner operators financial and operating statistics, 1997 Archived

  Table: 50-002-X20000014926

  Description:

  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.

  Release date: 2000-03-10

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• 6. Overview of 1997 and 1998 for-hire company driver wages and earnings Archived

  Table: 53-222-X19980006586

  Description:

  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 principal business activity is not trucking) and the overall labour force. Wages and earnings estimated presented in this study exclude owner operators and self-employed workers.

  Release date: 2000-03-07

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• 7. New time series on for-hire trucking Archived

  Articles and reports: 53-222-X19980006587

  Description:

  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 traffic.

  Release date: 2000-03-07

Data (5) ((5 results))

• 1. Motor carriers of freight: Top for-hire carriers, third and fourth quarter, 1999 Archived

  Table: 50-002-X20000045454

  Description:

  Third quarter 1999 operating ratios for top carriers improved by one point over the same period one year earlier to 0.93 but were unchanged in the fourth quarter (0.94). Average revenue per carrier grew by 3% in the third quarter and 4% in the fourth quarter.

  Release date: 2000-11-27

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• 2. The Canadian passenger bus industry: First half 1999 Archived

  Table: 50-002-X20000025104

  Description:

  For the Canadian bus industry as a whole, the first six months of 1999 produced marginal financial improvements over the same months of the previous year. Gross revenues excluding subsidies grew by just over one half of one percent, rising from $1.58 billion in 1998 to $1.59 billion in 1999. Expenditures decreased slightly from $2.38 billion for the first two quarters of 1998 to $2.37 billion in 1999.

  Release date: 2000-07-12

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• 3. The Cost of Independence: Socio-economic Profiles of Independent Truck Drivers Archived

  Table: 53F0002X

  Description:

  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 reasons of analytical convenience or data limitations. New data products recently released by Statistics Canada such as the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) have the potential to fill much of this gap. The 1997 SLID cross-sectional micro-data files offer a limited but meaningful insight into the work patterns of the owner-operator population, complementing and validating well-established business surveys such as the annual Small for-hire carrier and Owner-operator Survey (SFO). The purpose of this study, through a multivariate analysis of the 1997 SLID and the 1997 SFO survey, was to compare the work patterns and backgrounds of owner-operators to company drivers (paid truck drivers employed by carriers). The study found that while drivers may choose to be self-employed to gain independence, owner-operators tend to work longer hours to meet fixed and variable costs, in return for lower after-tax earnings and a greater likelihood of high work-life stress. The analysis also found that the odds of self-employment among truckers were highest among drivers over 40 years of age with no post-secondary training.

  Release date: 2000-06-07

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• 4. Annual Motor Carriers of Freight Survey: small for-hire carriers and owner operators financial and operating statistics, 1997 Archived

  Table: 50-002-X20000014926

  Description:

  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.

  Release date: 2000-03-10

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• 5. Overview of 1997 and 1998 for-hire company driver wages and earnings Archived

  Table: 53-222-X19980006586

  Description:

  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 principal business activity is not trucking) and the overall labour force. Wages and earnings estimated presented in this study exclude owner operators and self-employed workers.

  Release date: 2000-03-07

Analysis (2) ((2 results))

• 1. Factors Affecting Urban Transit Ridership Archived

  Journals and periodicals: 53F0003X

  Geography: Canada

  Description:

  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 locations and hours, increasing fares, decreasing subsidies and increasing suburbanization.

  Using data from approximately 85 Canadian urban transit service providers, over a period of 8 years, this paper outlines the empirical results of analysis to measure factors that have affected urban transit ridership. Among the key goals of this project was the development of measures of fare elasticity.

  Demographic, socio-economic and level of service variables were used in the research to explain changes in ridership. A variety of dummy variables was also used to account for structural differences.

  The paper concludes with an examination of major Canadian cities that carry the majority of all commuters in the country.

  Release date: 2000-06-06

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• 2. New time series on for-hire trucking Archived

  Articles and reports: 53-222-X19980006587

  Description:

  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 traffic.

  Release date: 2000-03-07

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