In 1980 the landscape of for-hire services he United States changed dramatically Within a few short months, the economic and political regulatory infrastructure of transportation in the United States shifted from economic to social regulation as a result of the passage of the Motor Carrier Regulatory Reform and Modernization Act (MCA-80) and the staggers Rail act.These regulatory changes, as amended. served to support an open transportation market involving less government economic regulation for all forms of transportation. Over time. this trend extended worldwide to deregulate transportation in most free-market industrialized nations