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Title: REGULATION OF WEIGHTS, LENGTHS, AND WIDTHS OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES
Accession Number: 00932113
Record Type: Monograph
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: This report contains the results of a study conducted in response to a request from the Secretary of Transportation, as directed by the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, that the Transportation Research Board (TRB) study the regulation of weights, lengths, and widths of commercial motor vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways and develop recommendations regarding revisions to laws and regulations. TRB formed the Committee for the Study of the Regulation of Weights, Lengths, and Widths of Commercial Motor Vehicles to conduct the study. The committee's conclusions, presented in this report, address the performance of federal size and weight regulations and the adequacy of information available for guiding regulatory decisions. These conclusions are based on a review of past evaluations conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation, TRB, and others. The committee's recommendations involve both organizational arrangements designed to promote reform of the federal regulations and regulatory and management changes intended to improve the efficiency of freight transportation and reduce the public costs of truck traffic. The report is organized in five chapters. Chapter 1 provides an introduction. The methods used in past studies to predict the benefits and costs of changing truck size and weight regulations are reviewed in Chapter 2. In Chapter 3, a proposal is presented to establish a new federal capability for monitoring truck impacts and evaluating the performance of size and weight regulation, and to open up opportunities for innovation in solving size and weight problems. Three packages of possible changes to federal size and weight limits are also presented. A survey of new opportunities for mitigating the adverse impacts of truck traffic and the conflicts between trucks and cars on the highways, including applications of information technology, is presented in Chapter 4. A review of techniques for improving enforcement of truck regulations is included. The committee's conclusions and recommendations on needed changes in federal size and weight regulations are given in Chapter 5.
Supplemental Notes: 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
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Pagination: 282 p.
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 030907701X
Features: Appendices
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; Figures; References; Tables
TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Oct 25 2002 12:00AM
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