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Title: POTENTIAL FUEL SAVINGS OF GENERAL-FREIGHT CARRIERS OPERATING UNDER BRIDGE FORMULA B GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS
Accession Number: 00371337
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The number of gallons of diesel fuel that could be saved if 65-ft twin-trailer operations were permitted to operate under state weight limits designated on the basis of Bridge Formula B is estimated. This formula, developed by the American Association of State Transportation and Highway Officials, would only be applied to 65-ft twin-trailer operations and would permit them to operate at up to 85500-lb gross weight as opposed to the arbitrary ceiling of 80000 lb now established as the federal limit. The analysis indicates that application of Bridge Formula B to define the gross vehicle weight limit of 65-ft twin-trailer operations would save the United States 229,927,000 gal of diesel fuel annually. (Author)
Supplemental Notes: Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Energy Conservation and Transportation Demand.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00380410
Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 234
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Kolins, Roger WPagination: pp 42-47
Publication Date: 1982
Serial: Conference:
61st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
Location:
Washington District of Columbia, United States ISBN: 0309033748
Media Type: Print
Features: Figures
(1)
; Tables
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TRT Terms: Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration
Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Mar 31 1983 12:00AM
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