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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study. Volume III: Scenario Analysis
Author: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study. Volume I: Summary Report
Author: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study. Volume IV: Guide to Documentation
Author: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study. Volume II: Issues and Background
Author: Western Uniformity Scenario Analysis
Author: U.s. Department of TransportationPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781493690404
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
As the U.S. Department of Transportation's Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight (CTS&W) Study was nearing completion, the Western Governors' Association (WGA) asked the U.S. DOT to analyze another illustrative truck size and weight scenario in addition to the scenarios already included in the study. The “Western Uniformity Scenario” requested by WGA would assess impacts of lifting the LCV freeze and allowing harmonized LCV weights, dimensions, and routes among only those Western States that currently allow LCVs. U.S. DOT findings and recommendations are detailed within this document.
Regulation of Weights, Lengths, and Widths of Commercial Motor Vehicles
Author: Transportation Research BoardPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309182875
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
TRB Special Report 267 - Regulation of Weights, Lengths, and Widths of Commercial Motor Vehicles recommends the creation of an independent public organization to evaluate the effects of truck traffic, pilot studies of new truck designs, and a change in federal law authorizing states to issue permits for operation of larger trucks on the Interstates. In 1991, Congress placed a freeze on maximum truck weights and dimensions. Some safety groups were protesting against the safety implications of increased truck size and weight, and the railroads were objecting to the introduction of vehicles they deemed to have an unfair advantage. Railroads, unlike trucking firms, must pay for the capital costs of their infrastructure. The railroads contend that large trucks do not pay sufficient taxes to compensate for the highway damage they cause and the environmental costs they generate. Although Congress apparently hoped it had placed a cap on maximum truck dimensions in 1991, such has not proven to be the case. Carriers operating under specific conditions have been able to seek and obtain special exceptions from the federal freeze by appealing directly to Congress (without any formal review of the possible consequences), thereby encouraging additional firms to seek similar exceptions. In the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, Congress requested a TRB study to review federal policies on commercial vehicle dimensions. The committee that undertook the study that resulted in Special Report 267 found that regulatory analyses of the benefits and costs of changes in truck dimensions are hampered by a lack of information. Regulatory decisions on such matters will always entail a degree of risk and uncertainty, but the degree of uncertainty surrounding truck issues is uunusually high and unnecessary. The committee concluded that the uncertainty could be alleviated if procedures were established for carrying out a program oof basic and applied research, and if evaluation and monitoring were permanent components of the administration of trucking regulations. The committee recommended immediate changes in federal regulations that would allow for a federally supervised permit program. The program would permit the operation of vehicles heavier than would normally be allowed, provided that the changes applied only to vehicles with a maximum weight of 90,000 pounds, double trailer configurations with each trailer up to 33 feet, and an overall weight limit governed by the federal bridge formula. Moreover, enforcement of trucks operating under such a program should be strengthened, and the permits should require that users pay the costs they occasion. States should be free to choose whether to participate in the permit program. Those that elected to do so would be required to have in place a program of bridge management, safety monitoring, enforcement, and cost recovery, overseen by the federal government. The fundamental problem involved in evaluating proposals for changes in truck dimensions is that their effects can often only be estimated or modeled. The data available for estimating safety consequences in particular are inadequate and probably always will be. Thus, the committee that conducted this study concluded that the resulting analyses usually involve a high degree of uncertainty. What is needed is some way to evaluate potential changes through limited and carefully controlled trials, much as proposed new drugs are tested before being allowed in widespread use. The committee recommended that a new independent entity be created to work with private industry in evaluating new concepts and recommending changes to regulatory agencies. Limited pilot tests would be required, which would need to be carefully designed to avoid undue risks and ensure proper evaluation. Special vehicles could be allowed to operate under carefully controlled circumstances, just as oversize and overweight vehicles are allowed to operate under special permits in many states. Changes in federal laws and regulations would be required to allow states to issue such permits on an expanded network of highways, under the condition that a rigorous program of monitoring and evaluation be instituted.Special Report 269 Summary
Oversight of the Office of Motor Carriers
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Ground TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Trucking Safety
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and TransitPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1998
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Related AgenciesPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1220
Book Description
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1999: Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies AppropriationsPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
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