Download or read book Recommended Regulatory Principles for Interprovincial Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions revised written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the completion of the vehicle weights and dimensions research program in 1986, the implementation planning committee was charged with the responsibility of developing a plan to implement regulatory reform that would result in uniformity in interprovincial truck size and weights in canada. this report lays out the recommended principles and limits which were developed in the context of the following objectives: 1) to encourage the use of the most stable heavy vehicle configurations through the implementation of practical, enforceable weight and dimensions limits, 2) to balance the available capacities of the national highway transportation system by encouraging the use of the most productive vehicle configurations relative to their impact on the infrastructure, and 3) to provide the motor transport industry with the ability to serve markets across canada using safe, productive, nationally acceptable equipment. the recommendations cover all aspects of tractor/trailer size and weight limits, including wheelbase, axle spacing, fifth wheel offset, rear overhang, track width, drawbar length, tire and suspension type, and overall height, width, length and weight. this report is a revised edition of the original draft report issued in june 1986 (irrd 291089).
Download or read book Regulation of Weights Lengths and Widths of Commercial Motor Vehicles written by Transportation Research Board and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2005-07-14 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Download or read book The U S Department of Transportation s Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study Volume IV Guide to Documentation written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Combination Vehicles written by K. W. Ogden and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1989 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Review of Canadian Experience with the Regulation of Large Commercial Motor Vehicles written by John H. F. Woodrooffe and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2010 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 671: Review of Canadian Experience with the Regulation of Large Commercial Motor Vehicles examines the process used in Canada to harmonize heavy truck size and weight regulations across the country. The report provides insights on how lessons learned from the Canadian experience might be applied in the United States.
Download or read book Combined transport and road vehicle weights dimensions two sides of the same coin written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Truck Weight Limits written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for the Truck Weight Study and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1990 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help assess proposals for further changes in federal truck weight limits, Congress requested this study through Section 158 of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987. To conduct the study, the National Research Council convened a special Transportation Research Board committee with experts in pavements, bridges, highway safety, freight transportation economics, motor vehicle design, highway administration, motor carrier operations, and enforcement of motor vehicle regulations. The study focused on four issues identified in the study request that involve potential changes to federal weight limits for Interstate highways: (1) Elimination of existing grandfather provisions; (2) Alternative methods for determining gross vehicle weight and axle loadings; (3) Adequacy of the current federal bridge formula; and (4) Treatment of specialized hauling vehicles--garbage trucks, dump trucks, and other trucks with short wheel bases that have difficulty complying with the current federal bridge formula. For each of these issues, the study committee estimated the nationwide effects of changes in federal limits proposed by the trucking industry, highway agencies, and other groups. Projections of heavy-truck miles by type of truck, region of the country, highway functional class, and operating weight were developed for a base case and alternative truck weight regulatory scenarios. These projections were then used to estimate impacts on truck costs, pavements, bridges, and safety.
Download or read book Truck Safety written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Road Work written by Kenneth A. Small and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's interstate highway system is deteriorating, and traffic congestion in most urban centers is worsening. Because of the many strong and conflicting interests, policy discussions about the road system are also in gridlock. The only consensus that seems to have emerged is that public spending must be increased. Improving our highway system and its financing will not be easy. Road Work proposes a comprehensive highway pricing and investment policy to meet the goals of efficiency, equity, and financial stability. In this study, Kenneth A. Small, Clifford Winston, and Carol A. Evans base their policy on two economic principles: efficient pricing to regulate demand for highway services and efficient investment to minimize the total public and private costs of providing them. Policy recommendations include a set of pavement-wear taxes for heavy trucks, a set of congestion taxes for all vehicles, and a program of optimal investments in road durability. Their proposals should be especially attractive to policymakers because they can be implemented with current technology, offer little threat to the major interest group, and in the long run will reduce the strain on state and local governments' highway budgets.
Download or read book Guide to the Agreement on Uniform Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Limits in Atlantic Canada written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 2001, ministers responsible for vehicle weight & dimensions regulations within Atlantic Canada endorsed, in principle, a proposal which will lead to full implementation of uniform regulatory requirements throughout the region by the end of 2009. The proposed agreement includes weight & dimension limit standards and an implementation strategy. This publication is a guide to the provisions of the 2001 agreement and summarizes general dimensional & weight limits as well as limits for the following configurations: tractor semitrailer, tractor & two trailers, straight trucks, truck-pony trailer combinations, truck-full trailer combinations, tandem steering axel truck combinations with full or pony trailers, and intercity buses.
Download or read book Heavy Vehicle Weights and Dimensions in Canada written by M. F. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1986* with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Heavy Truck Weight and Dimension Regulations for Interprovincial Operations in Canada written by Transportation Association of Canada and published by . This book was released on 1995-06 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1988, the Council of Ministers of Transportation and Highway Safety endorsed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to improve uniformity in regulations covering weights and dimensions of four types of commercial vehicles operating between provinces and territories on a nationwide highway system. Since the original agreement was established, two amendments have been prepared and endorsed by all participating jurisdictions: one in September 1991 and one in July 1994. This document gives the most up to date weights and dimensions allowable in all provinces and territories.
Download or read book Transportation Research Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Vehicle Dimensions written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This session contains the following papers : Truck weight and dimension regulations and container standards (Nix, FP, Billing, JR and Clayton, AM); A study of the practicality of allowing 33 metre road trains into a metropolitan environment (Pearson, RA, Ogden, KW and Sweatman, PF); Perceptions of the environmental impacts of heavy vehicles (Gurney, A); Application of handling and roll stability performance measures for determining a suitable tractor wheelbase (Woodrooffe, JH and El-Gindy, M); and Development of regulatory principles for straight trucks and truck-trailer combinations (Billing, JR and Lam, CP).
Download or read book Heavy truck weight and dimension regulations for interprovincial operations in Canada resulting from the Federal Provincial Territorial Memorandum of Understanding on Weights and Dimensions written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
