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Title:

ENGINEERING AND LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS FOR IMPROVED TIMBER HAULAGE IN SCOTTISH FORESTS: INCLUSIVE STAKEHOLDER APPROACH

Accession Number:

00942476

Record Type:

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Abstract:

The forest industry in Scotland depends for its economic survival on the efficiency with which it can get the felled timber to the mill. This efficiency is shown to depend on pavement quality, particularly the aggregates used; the truck fleet available to extract the timber; and the interaction of these two factors and the legislative regime, including taxation, under which the forest traffic operates. Although there is a high degree of cooperation within the forest industry--pavement constructors, haulage companies, public and private forest owners, and local government authorities--there is need for a more comprehensive assessment of the interaction of the various factors affecting the forest timber haulage operation. This interaction has been studied in a preliminary manner using a specific highway management tool, HDM-4. Vehicle use regulations and taxation and their application are shown to be particularly constraining on the overall efficiency of the operation.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1819, Volume 1, Eighth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads 2003.

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Killer, D
Paxton, S
DAWSON, A

Pagination:

p. 109-117

Publication Date:

2003

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1819
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

Eighth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads

Location: Reno, Nevada
Date: 2003-6-22 to 2003-6-25
Sponsors: Federal Highway Administration; US Forest Service; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; US Bureau of Indian Affairs; University of Nevada, Reno; Costa Rica University; Nevada Department of Transportation; and Transportation Research Board.

ISBN:

0309077486

Features:

Figures (3) ; Photos (2) ; References (7) ; Tables (2)

Geographic Terms:

Scotland

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

May 7 2003 12:00AM