VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS, FUEL CONSUMPTION, AND PAVEMENT TYPE AND CONDITION FACTORS
This report presents updated vehicle operating cost tables which may be used by a highway agency for estimation of vehicle operating costs as a function of operational and roadway variables. These results, partially based on fuel consumption tests on a group of late model vehicles and on a survey of truck fleet owners, are representative of the advancement in vehicle propulsion technology and increase in unit prices since the last comprehensive study of vehicle operating cost was conducted in the United States. To make the procedure flexible to changes in unit prices, consumption rates of the major vehicle cost components are presented in tables of constant speed on vertical grades, constant speed on horizontal curves, speed change cycles, and idling for each vehicle classification.
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Corporate Authors:
Texas Research and Development Foundation
2602 Dellana Lane
Austin, TX United States 78746Federal Highway Administration
Office of Highway Planning, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Zaniewski, John P
- Butler, B C
- CUNNINGHAM, G
- Elkins, G E
- Paggi, M S
- Publication Date: 1982-3
Media Info
- Pagination: 375 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Evaluation; Exhaust gases; Fuel consumption; Motor vehicles; Operating costs; Pavements; Speed; Statistics; Traffic speed; Trafficability; Velocity
- Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement conditions
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Energy; Highways; Pavements; Vehicles and Equipment; I22: Design of Pavements, Railways and Guideways; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00365422
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/PL-82/001 Final Rpt.
- Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-11-9678
- Files: NTIS, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
- Created Date: Sep 30 1982 12:00AM