CHARACTERISTICS OF DOUBLE AND TRIPLE TRAILER TRUCK COMBINATIONS OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES

The enactment of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 may have signaled the beginning of more widespread use of double and triple trailer truck combinations in the United States. This enactment has provided a new incentive to the ongoing study of doubles and triples; past works focused on the economics, operations, use, and safety aspects. This work concentrates on the characteristics of doubles and triples found in the Truck Inventory and Use Survey (TIUS) and are the two major data bases of the nation's truck resources. The TIUS has a well-designed sampling strategy but has a rather small sample of doubles and triples. The TWS has a large sample size, but when compared with TIUS it does not have a well-designed sampling strategy. To assist further in the monitoring of the development of the nations's truck resources on highways, some modifications may need to be made in both data bases, particularly for the doubles and triples. Data obtained from TIUS and TWS on some aspects of the doubles and triples are analyzed and the results are presented.

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• Authors:
  • Yu, Chenjie
  • Walton, C Michael
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 29-36
• Monograph Title: Rail and motor carrier freight
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 966
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Data collection; Gross vehicle weight; Horsepower; Measures of effectiveness; Tractor trailer combinations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness; Triple trailers; Violations
• Old TRIS Terms: Double trailers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396495
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037239
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM