PROGRESS REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ECONOMICS OF MOTOR VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT. I: INTRODUCTION

THE COMMITTEE IS ASSEMBLING DATA RELATING TO FACTORS INVOLVED IN AN ECONOMIC SOLUTION OF THE FREIGHT VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT PROBLEM. THE PRESENT REPORT COVERS ONLY THE COMMODITY DENSITY AND MOVEMENT PHASE OF THE PARENT STUDY, BUT IT GIVES NEW AND USEFUL ANALYSIS OF THE VOLUME OF COMMODITY MOVEMENTS BY HIGHWAY TOGETHER WITH THE WEIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCH HIGHWAY FREIGHT. THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE CAUTIONS AGAINST USING THE COMMODITY DATA AS THE SOLE BASIS FOR THE FINAL SOLUTION TO THE SIZE AND WEIGHT PROBLEM. /HRB/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/37/37-002.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 37, pp 18-21, 3 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • STEVENS, H
• Publication Date: 1958

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 6-10, 1958
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 37
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodities; Design load; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Highways; Pavements; Size; Trailers; Trucks; Weight
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223531
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Oct 3 1971 12:00AM