High productivity vehicle factors, commodity characteristics and route choice

The road transport industry and the economic sectors they service are interested in increasing High Productivity Vehicle (HPV) access to road networks in order to reduce freight transport costs. Road Managers are cautious about extending access as longer and heavier trucks are not popular with other road users, while government policy advisers seek increased road freight efficiency. Within this contested policy position the paper describes the survey and analysis of real world data to: 1. Derive the number, type and proportion of heavy vehicles engaged in road freight carriage between North Queensland and Brisbane. 2. Develop empirical relationships for the upper bound for higher order HPVs (Type 2 or Triple Road Trains) as a proportion of other heavy vehicle types, and discuss factors underlying this, which may contribute to improved road freight transport planning. 3. By analysing commodities on Brisbane to North Queensland heavy vehicles, improve understanding of the potential for road freight diversion to an Inland Freight Route.

• Record URL:
  http://atrf.info/papers/2015/index.aspx
• Authors:
  • Dudgeon, J
  • Pekol, A
  • Findlay, N
  • Bull, C
• Conference:
  • Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), 37th, 2015, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Publication Date: 2015-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: Informing transport's future through practical research: 37th Australasian Transport Research Forum, 30 September to 2 October 2015, Sydney, New South Wales

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; Heavy vehicles; Permits; Planning; Route choice; Route guidance; Types of roads by network
• Uncontrolled Terms: Freight transport logistics; Road networks
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Queensland
• ATRI Terms: Freight transport; Heavy vehicle; Permit; Road network; Route choice
• ITRD Terms: 628: Diversion (traffic); 1112: Freight transport; 1236: Lorry
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01586942
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 14 2016 11:42AM