Hours of service regulations in the United States and the 2013 rule change

This paper studies the revised hours of service regulations for truck drivers in the United States which entered into force in July 2013. It provides a detailed model of the new regulation and presents and a new simulation-based method to assess the impact of the rule change on operational costs and road safety. Unlike previous methodologies, the proposed methodology for assessing the impact of hours of service regulations takes into account that, by optimizing routes and schedules, carriers can minimize the economic impact of stricter regulations. Simulation experiments are conducted indicating that the monetized safety benefit of reducing the daily driving time limits is on the same order of magnitude as the increase in operational costs.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.02.005
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X14000365
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/29485010
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Goel, Asvin
• Publication Date: 2014-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; References;
• Pagination: pp 48-55
• Serial:
  • Transport Policy
  • Volume: 33
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0967-070X
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/096707X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic impacts; Hours of labor; Policy analysis; Regulations; Rest periods; Truck drivers; Trucking safety
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Economics; Law; Motor Carriers; Policy; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01526483
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 2014 9:27AM