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Title:

Examination of Likely Consequences of Adapting Weights and Dimensions of Heavy Commercial Vehicles in Europe

Accession Number:

01128665

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Observing the birth of a debate on the weights and dimensions of heavy goods vehicles, the European Commission through its Directorate General for Transport and Environment has commissioned in 2007 a study to investigate the possible effects of changing the directive to allow for longer and/or heavier vehicles in international transport. Within a six-month-period, the consortium in charge of this study has performed an evaluation whom methodology and some results will be presented in this paper. All major effects have been investigated in order to assist the Commission in determining whether it would be sensible to adapt the directive and if yes, in fixing the optimal weights and dimensions of heavy vehicles. The consortium was formed of five entities TML, TNO, LCPC, RWTH Aachen University and SETRA.

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Report/Paper Numbers:

09-3843

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Bereni, Matthieu

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

Figures (4) ; References (11) ; Tables (4)

Identifier Terms:

European Commission

Geographic Terms:

Europe

Subject Areas:

Highways; Policy; Vehicles and Equipment; I90: Vehicles

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-3843

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 30 2009 8:15PM