North Dakota Truck Harmonization Study

This study was initiated by the North Dakota Legislature in HB 1012 (NDDOT’s budget bill). HB 1012 directs the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) to collaborate with the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) to study the impacts and potential implications in North Dakota of harmonizing truck size and weight regulations with states in the Western States Transportation Alliance regarding standard commercial truck envelope limits of 129,000 lbs. gross vehicle combination weight, or 110 feet in overall length, or 100-ft. Cargo carrying length of a truck-tractor semitrailer and full trailer. The primary objectives of the study are to: (1) Conduct a comprehensive analysis of currently legal truck configurations in North Dakota; (2) Analyze the effects of potential changes to current configurations and/or legal weight limits, including the use of double trailer combinations and tridem axle and spread axle tractor-semi trailer combinations. A comprehensive analysis determined the benefits and impacts for each existing and potential new (or modified) truck configuration studied. The analysis categories include the following: legislative, regulatory, and enforcement issues; truck operating costs, energy efficiency, and any resulting air quality changes; safety, crash, and fatality risks; traffic operations impacts resulting from a change of legal truck sizes and weights; potential impacts to transportation infrastructure including pavement, bridge, roadway connectivity, and roadway geometry; potential changes to shipping origins, destinations, and mode choice (rail vs. truck); and regional economic models.

• Record URL:
  https://www.ugpti.org/resources/reports/details.php?id=1158
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/74296
• Corporate Authors:

  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

  North Dakota State University
  Fargo, ND  United States 

  North Dakota Department of Transportation

  Bismarck, ND  United States  58505
• Authors:
  • Dybing, Alan
  • Wrucke, Andrew
  • Lantz, Brenda
  • Wentz, Bradley
  • Tolliver, Denver
  • Vachal, Kimberly
  • Horner, Timothy
  • Heglund, Dale
  • Jirik, Thomas
  • Emmer, Leanna
  • Hoopman, Doug
  • Berwick, Mark
  • Shannon, Robert
• Publication Date: 2016-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Draft Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 173p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Impacts; Size and weight regulations; Trucks; Vehicle weight
• Geographic Terms: North Dakota
• Subject Areas: Law; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01916989
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 29 2024 9:08AM