Connecting Australia with Modular B-Triples

The National Transport Commission in Australia has proposed a national framework for B-triple operations that includes basic vehicle specifications and operating conditions. B-triples are vehicle combinations composed of a prime mover towing three semitrailers. The commission anticipates that the national framework will replace the inconsistent state-by-state approaches, which largely discourage the use of B-triples for interstate operation. This paper presents productivity, safety, and infrastructure impact analyses (covering pavements and bridges). It also presents a cost–benefit analysis that includes the safety and environmental benefits of national B-triple operation.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2288-07
• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Connecting+Australia+with+Modular+B-Triples&author=M.+Bereni&author=R.+Di+Cristoforo&publication_year=2012
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• Authors:
  • Bereni, Matthieu
  • Di Cristoforo, Rob
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 57–65
• Monograph Title: Freight Systems 2012
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2288
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Freight transportation; Impact studies; Tractor trailer combinations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Triple trailers
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01373420
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309223287
• Report/Paper Numbers: 12-3014
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 22 2012 1:12PM