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Department

Decision Sciences

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

2014

Abstract/Description

The five modes of freight transportation are normally characterized as motor carriers, railroads, airlines, water carriers, and pipelines. This paper will attempt to position the Internet as the sixth mode of transportation. This paper compares the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional five modes of transportation against the proposed 6th mode of the Internet. Without including the Internet as a mode of transportation, and tracking the economic value that it adds to the economy, the economic impact of the Internet as a mode is not considered. The recommendation of this study is that the Internet should be added to the list of modes of transportation of goods and therefore making the Internet the sixth mode of transportation.

Publication Title

Journal of Transportation Management

DOI

https://doi.org/10.22237/jotm/1396310700

Publisher

Wayne State University Libraries

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