Part 1 – Transportation Regulation and Policy

Write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments.

1. Describe the goal of transportation regulation and policy and explain why they are needed.
2. Choose a transportation policy developed to address an issue in one of the following areas, describe its goal, and explain how it has affected you in your personal life or as a business manager:
   • National security
   • Public safety
   • The environment
   • Monopolies

Part 2 – Transportation’s Impact on the Environment, Society, and the Economy

Write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments.

• Choose 1 mode of transportation.
• Describe how it has impacted the environment, society, and the economy.
• Has the impact been positive or negative?
• Discuss the usefulness and at least three functionalities of the mode of transportation.

Part 3 – Distribution, Warehousing, and Inventory Functions

write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments.

A great deal of manufacturing is done outside of the United States, which presents various challenges to supply chains. Many of these challenges are in the areas of distribution, transportation, warehousing, and inventory management. Discuss the following:

• Describe at least 2 challenges that supply chains face in each of these areas.
• Identify the strategies you feel that best address those challenges, and explain why.