Quantifying the impact of large percent trucks proportion on rural freeways.

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• Creators:
  Offei, Edward ; Young, Rhonda
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Wyoming. Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Trucking
  • Interstate highways
  • Rural highways
  • Highway safety
  • Statistical analysis
  • Truck accidents
  • Accident rates
  • Traffic volume
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MPC 13-265
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mountain Plains Consortium
• Abstract:
  The trucking industry continues to contribute significantly to the economy of the United States. ; The surface transportation system has been a critical component for the movement of goods and ; services by the trucking industry across the country. Recent decades have seen substantial ; growth in freight miles traveled, due to globalization, trade growth, and improvements in ; logistics and supply chain management. Although these developments have led to economic ; growth, there has been a sharp increase in the proportion of freight/truck traffic traveling along ; key routes that has caused significant interactions between trucks and other vehicles. These ; interactions have raised safety and capacity concerns on the freeways. ; Interstate 80 was identified for this research because of the high percentage of truck traffic (40% ; -70%) that it carries. This Interstate is a popular route for most freight transporting goods from ; the east (Chicago) to the west (California) and vice versa. Interstate 80 in the states of Wyoming ; and Nebraska was selected as a test case for this research, which seeks to develop a statistical ; modeling of the relationship between the high percent trucks and crash rates. Findings from this ; research are intended to aid transportation managers when deciding on actions to take on ; highway facilities carrying a large percentage of trucks.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27258/dot_27258_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.85 MB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d404e1c41efbda8e61972a549340d882465de4736ed050dac89513f28234f109