SLA truck configuration library final report.

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• Creators:
  Walton, C. Michael ; Murphy, Mike ; Prozzi, Jorge ; Weissmann, José ; Wu, Hui ; Jiang, Nan ; Harrison, Robert ; Loftus-Otway, Lisa ; Weissmann, Angela Jannini ; Xu, Hongbin ; Hasan,, Manar ; Agarwal, Swati
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• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research ; University of Texas at San Antonio
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Size and weight regulations
  • Vehicle size
  • Vehicle weight
  • Tractor trailer combinations
  • Heavy duty trucks
  • Vehicle safety truck configuration library
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TxDOT Project SLA OW Truck Library IAC
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Abstract:
  Historically, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) State Legislative Affairs (SLA) ; Section, TxDOT subject matter experts (SME) and the University of Texas – Center for ; Transportation Research (CTR) and University of Texas – San Antonio (UTSA) researchers have ; responded to complex questions from the legislature about impacts of proposed changes to truck ; size and weight during the legislative session. Due to the fast-paced nature of legislative sessions, ; often information is requested on short notice and timeframes that leave little time to conduct a ; sufficiently detailed analysis in recognition of the importance and long term potential effects of ; the legislature. For this reason, TxDOT SLA contracted with UT-CTR early in 2016 to develop ; a Truck Configuration Library with pavement and bridge consumption costs that would provide ; SLA and TxDOT SME with information to respond to legislative questions. ; To provide information about trucking industry interests in changes to truck size and weight, SLA, ; TxDOT SME, UT-CTR and UTSA conducted two workshops with trucking industry to gain ; insights about the weights and configurations that were planned to be presented during the ; upcoming FY 17 Legislative Session. Additional interviews with the Texas Department of Motor ; Vehicles, Motor Carrier Division, Vehicle Titles and Registration Division, the Texas Department ; of Public Safety and one-on-one discussions with trucking industry representatives provided ; valuable insights. The workshops, meetings with SLA and TxDOT SME and the Truck Configuration Library are the primary deliverables from this contract.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32235/dot_32235_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 12.68 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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