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Alternative Title:
The importance of measuring fuel consumption in evaluating electronic clearance : in Crossroads 2000 Proceedings
Creators:
Kroeger, D ;
Subject/TRT Terms:
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COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
FUEL CONSUMPTION
MEASUREMENT
MOTOR CARRIERS
TRANSPONDERS
TRUCKS
WEIGH STATIONS
Case Studies
Commercial Vehicles
Fuel Consumption
Truck Traffic
Weigh Stations

Resource Type:
Proceedings ;
TRIS Online Accession Number:
770457
ISBN:
096523102X
Corporate Publisher:
United States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation Systems ;
NTL Classification:
NTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Abstract:
Electronic screening of commercial vehicles at weigh stations is important to enforcement agencies and motor carriers as it allows both parties to use their resources more efficiently. This paper studies the effects of electronic screening on reducing the fuel consumption for motor carriers. The hypothesis that was tested was that a reduction or elimination of stops at weigh stations by participating transponder-equipped trucks will result in measurable fuel savings for those transponder-equipped trucks. The experiment demonstrates the impact of electronic screening on motor carriers by actually measuring fuel consumption between two trucks in the field under controlled conditions. The obtained results show that there are measurable fuel savings attributable to electronic screening.
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PDF ;
Alternate URL:
http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/9000/9000/9031/26importance.pdf
Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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