RATIOS OF PAVEMENT DAMAGE TO USER FEES

An important decision that state legislatures are charged with is the apportionment of highway user fees among the various weight classes of vehicles. Departments of transportation must provide supporting and convincing data for these legislative decisions. Currently, the most rational basis for setting user fees is the prediction of pavement damage by using the AASHTO 1986 pavement design equations. Axle load equivalency charts are prepared from the AASHTO 1986 Design Manual equations for determining the damage to rigid and flexible pavements by single-, tandem-, and triple-axle loads from 2 to 90 kips. Tables present the ratios of pavement damage (according to these equations) to road user charges for different classes of vehicles in two states having among the lower and higher road user fees in the country. The method for computing ratios of pavement damage to user fees for these two states provides a fast and convenient means for all states to evaluate and adjust their road user fees for each class of vehicle.

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• Authors:
  • Nicholls, Robert
• Publication Date: 1991

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 277-285
• Monograph Title: Pavement management: data collection, analysis, and storage, 1991
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1311
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Defects; Equations; Flexible pavements; Pavement distress; Pavements; Ratios; Rigid pavements; Trucks; User charges; Vehicle classification
• Identifier Terms: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• Old TRIS Terms: Truck pavement damage
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Motor Carriers; Pavements; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00621653
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309051509
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 30 1992 12:00AM