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The Ontario Ministry of Transportation periodically undertakes on-highway surveys of commercial vehicles. In 1988, it surveyed some 19,000 trucks to obtain information for its highway planning and protection mandate. During the course of the survey, the characteristics of the vehicles were documented, and data collected on carriers, area of registration, load utilization, commodity type and weight, and trip origin and destination. As well, a profile of the Ontario truck driver was generated. Surveys were undertaken at 57 locations scattered throughout the province at permanent inspections stations, laybys and some border crossing points. At several of the stations, interviewing was done during each of the four seasons. An outline of the methodology used in the 1988 Ontario Commercial Vehicle Survey and some principal findings are presented in this paper.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1313, Freight Transportation: Truck, Rail, Water, and Hazardous Materials 1991. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

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Appendices (1) ; Figures (10) ; References (4) ; Tables (2)

Commercial vehicles; Data collection; Freight transportation; Highway planning; Highway safety; Interviewing; Surveys; Truck drivers; Trucks

Ontario (Province)

Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Mar 31 1992 12:00AM

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