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A TOTAL OF 90,200 TRAILER COMBINATIONS AND 65,100 SINGLE- UNIT TRUCKS WERE WEIGHED AND MEASURED IN 1959. BOTH EMPTY AND LOADED CATEGORIES WERE INCLUDED IN THESE 155,300 VEHICLES. THE SAMPLE WAS BELIEVED TO GIVE A CROSS-SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY FREIGHT VEHICLES IN USE IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. THE DISTRIBUTION OF HIGHWAY FREIGHT VEHICLES IN TERMS OF WEIGHTS AND DIMENSIONS WAS SHOWN.

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pp 24-65

1963

Highway Research Record

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Appendices (1) ; Figures (21) ; References (4) ; Tables (13)

Commodities; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Physical distribution; Size; Trailers; Trucks; Vehicle characteristics; Weight

Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB

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• COMPARISONS OF EMPTY AND GROSS WEIGHTS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
• TRENDS AND FORECASTS OF AUTO TRIPS ACROSS THE HUDSON RIVER SCREENLINE IN NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY METROPOLITAN AREA