Evaluation of the percent of overloaded vehicles receiving proper permits.

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• Creators:
  Nichols, Andrew P. ; Chou, Chih-Sheng ; Dayan, Sinaya
• Corporate Creators:
  Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Accuracy Evaluation Geographic Information Systems Oversize Loads Overweight Loads Permits Trucks Weigh In Motion Scales
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RP-271
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  West Virginia. Dept. of Transportation. Division of Highways
• Abstract:
  All state agencies have truck size and weight restrictions on their roadways based on federal and state
  
  legislation. However, drivers can typically apply for special permits allowing those limits to be exceeded,
  
  particularly when the load is non-divisible. The permit application often includes the origin and
  
  destination of the load, as well as characteristics about the truck’s size and weight. This information is
  
  used by state highway agencies to evaluate the impact of the loading on the roads and bridges that the
  
  vehicle will cross to determine a preferred route and the need for a police escort. The primary objective
  
  of this project is to estimate the percentage of overweight trucks on West Virginia highways that are not
  
  properly permitted by comparing truck weight data measured by weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems and
  
  oversize/overweight permit records. Analysis of the WIM data revealed concerns with the accuracy of
  
  the weight data. Therefore, a tuning procedure was developed to adjust the data based on national truck
  
  characteristics. The route information in the permit database was processed in GIS to determine which
  
  WIM stations the permitted vehicle should have crossed. The percentage of overweight trucks were
  
  calculated for five locations using one week of data in 2011. The percentage of overweight trucks
  
  without proper permits ranged from 2% to 46% based on the adjusted WIM data.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:134d6ed752101368d85267bbe1b440061e30e0f9a64db8480231f3eb53b89d30
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28927/dot_28927_DS1.pdf
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