Impact of Freight on Road Infrastructure: A Comparison Between Methodologies and Techniques Used by NRAs to Monitor Road Freight Transport and Determine the Impact on Infrastructure

The infrastructure is largely built on the expected weight of freight transport by road. As decisions about infrastructure investments become more critical, it is important that decision makers have the right information to make the right choices. Despite the strong relationship between the use of the infrastructure by heavy duty vehicles and the wear and tear of the infrastructure, at the moment relatively little is known about the (real-time) use of the infrastructure by road freight transport. In addition, developments in road freight transport are not or only partially included in models and techniques used for asset management. Heavy duty vehicles are largely black boxes on wheels. This study is therefore a comparison of the methods and techniques for impact assessment used by Conference of European Road Directors (CEDR) Members and not a comparison of research results. By not focusing on the results, the authors avoid more politically tinted discussions about the desirability of certain developments in road freight transport. The general result of this study is that there is a large variety of practice in dealing with the impact of traffic loads on road infrastructure within CEDR member States. This has made it possible to highlight some good practice, and therefore some considerations whose objective is mainly to include developments in road freight transport in methods and techniques used in asset management in order to provide more accurate management information for policy makers.

• Record URL:
  • https://www.cedr.eu/docs/view/64904f5fd3572-en
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract used with permission of the Conference of European Road Directors (CEDR).
• Corporate Authors:

  Conference of European Directors of Roads

  Brussels,   Belgium 
• Publication Date: 2023-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 23p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Best practices; Bridges; Freight traffic; Heavy duty trucks; Highway bridges; Pavements
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Freight Transportation; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01887431
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9791093321776
• Report/Paper Numbers: TR2023-02
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 17 2023 9:13AM