0-6820: A process for designating and managing overweight truck routes in coastal port regions [project summary]

Details

• Creators:
  Bhat, Chandra R. ; Murphy, Michael ; Zhang, Zhanmin ; Prozzi, Jorge Alberto ; Harrison, Robert ; Wu, Hui ; Jiang, Nan ; Weissmann, José ; Weissmann, Angela Jannini ; Arce, Oscar Galvis ; Sun, Jingran ; Badgley, Sonya ; Walton, C. Michael
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas. Dept. of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Fees
  • Infrastructure
  • Metropolitan planning organizations
  • Overweight loads
  • Permits
  • Port authorities
  • Port operations
  • Truck tractors
• Publication/ Report Number:
  PSR 0-6820-S
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research
• Description:
  The project developed a process to evaluate potential oversize/overweight (OS/OW) freight corridors that will serve Texas coastal port regions and border ports of entry (POEs); such evaluations provide valuable input during legislative inquiries and discussions with managing agencies. To address the need for a rational but fast method to determine costs and a proposed permit fee, the research team the Detailed Analysis Tool, which incorporates additional functionality and library information to enhance the user’s ability to perform safety and financial impact analyses of existing or proposed OW truck corridors serving coastal ports or POEs. The research team conducted interviews with representatives from port authorities, regional mobility authorities, and cities; conducted site visits; obtained permit data from existing OW corridors to define truck configurations and weights; developed and refined the Stage 2 Detailed Analysis Framework; and performed analyses of pavement/ bridge consumption, safety issues, and traffic operations. This work was used to develop the Stage 2 Detailed Analysis Tool, perform case studies, and provide workshop to present analysis results.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32891/dot_32891_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 164.55 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:36b11b3fc6eec896ef0cb4ad21ea9b264a8d357c026effc5ef98fbcd36a55dcf