THE REGULATION OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY- A DETERMINISTIC REPLACEMENT MODEL APPLICATION

An attempt has been made to analyze the impact of A country's regulatory policy of its trucking industry on the correlation between the preferable usage of trucks according to national interests and its counterpart according to private interests, by using a deterministic replacement model. Operational data has been obtained from time series derived from a cross-sectional survey of the country's truck fleet. Trucks were grouped into 15 strata according to characteristics of load capacity, technological specification, and type of fuel. For each stratum the optimal replacement age was determined according to the criteria of minimal average cost of hauling ton x km, maximal average profit, and minimal average annual cost, and the corresponding costs or profits were calculated for both interests. By comparing the optimal conditions in the various strata, the preferable fuel types and load capacities were determined for the national interest and recommendations for regulation have been provided coinciding the national and private preferences in utilizing trucks. /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Ladany, S P
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 17-25
• Serial:
  • Transportation Planning and Technology
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-1060
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gtpt20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Benefit cost analysis; Classification; Costs; Data collection; Energy; Equipment replacement; Freight transportation; Fuels; Heavy vehicles; Laws; Legislation; Maintenance; Mathematical models; Regulations; Surveys; Technology; Trucks; Vehicle capacity
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models; Replacement
• Old TRIS Terms: Truck capacity; Truck laws & regulations
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 1251: Capacity (veh); 8513: Classification; 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 1112: Freight transport; 3850: Fuel; 1556: Legislation; 1078: Lock (waterway); 3847: Maintenance; 3855: Technology
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Law; Maintenance and Preservation; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134072
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: SERIAL
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1976 12:00AM