Contributors; Introduction; Thomas Gale Moore: The myth of deregulation's negative effect on safety; Brock Adams: Deregulation's negative effect on safety; Framework for analysis: John C. Panzar, & Ian Savage: Regulation, deregulation and safety: an economic analysis; Severin Borenstein, & Martin B. Zimmerman: Losses in airline demand and value following accidents; Ezra Hauer: The reign of ignorance in road safety: a case for separating evaluation from implementation; W. Kip Viscusi: The effect of transportation deregulation on worker safety; The airline industry: Nancy L. Rose: Financial influences on airline safety; A. Kanafani, & T.E. Keeler: New entrants and safety; Clinton V. Oster, Jr. & C. Kurt Zorn: Is it still safe to fly?; Elizabeth E. Bailey, & David M. Kirstein: Can truth in airline scheduling help the congestion and delay problem; Richard A. Arnott, & Joseph E. Stiglitz: Congestion pricing to improve air travel safety; John J. Nance: Economic deregulation's unintended but inevitable impact on airline safety; Summary of other aviation issues; The motor carrier industry: Garland Chow: Deregulation, financial distress and safety in the general freight trucking industry; Thomas M. Corsi, & Philip Fanar, Jr: Effects of new entrants on motor carrier safety; Kenneth D. Boyer: The safety effects of mode shifting; Paul P. Jovanis: A system perspective on the effects of economic deregulation on motor carrier safety; An international perspective: Martin Albu, & Michael Glover: The regulation of road freight transport in Great Britain; Ramsey M. Withers: Transportation safety and economic regulatory reform - the Canadian perspective; Summary and policy implications; Summary and policy implications; Background information