FINANCIAL IMPACT OF HEAVY TRUCKS ON DELAWARE HIGHWAYS

Two questions are addressed: (1) are Delaware's total state road user revenues appropriate for the rate of pavement deterioration, causing eventual maintenance and rehabilitation costs, and (2) are road user revenues proportioned equitably among various weights of vehicles according to pavement damage which they cause? Axle load equivalency charts are prepared from AASHTO 1986 Design Guide equations MM.1 to MM.6 to relate the damage of rigid and flexible pavements by single, tandem and triple axle loads from 2 to 90 kips. Tables compare Delaware user charges with those of other states, and compare the charges for various vehicle weights in Delaware.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Delaware, Newark

  Delaware Transportation Institute
  Newark, DE  United States  19716
• Authors:
  • Nicholls, R
• Publication Date: 1989-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Deterioration; Economic impacts; Heavy vehicles; Pavements; Revenues; Trucks; User charges; Vehicle weight
• Geographic Terms: Delaware
• Old TRIS Terms: Truck pavement damage
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00601281
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 89-T2-1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1990 12:00AM