Investigation of Cost Effective Truck Weight Enforcement

This research investigates the best way to enforce the truck size and weight limits and by doing so decrease the damage that is being done to Oklahoma's roads and bridges. In the process a survey of all state DOT's was conducted to help determine the state of the art for cost effective and the most efficient mix of fixed weigh stations, mobile enforcement, weigh in motion (WIM), virtual enforcement, and possible other technology to provide optimum monitoring of Oversize/Overweight vehicles to reduce damage to Oklahoma's roads and bridges. Recommendations are offered concerning the construction of Point of Entry (POE) Facilities, mobile enforcement and virtual enforcement within the state of Oklahoma. A novel data collection system, the OU-BWIM is proposed to help determine the location of intrastate virtual and mobile enforcement locations. The proposed development of the OU-BWIM would help convert existing infrastructure assets, bridges, into weigh in motion, real time, data collection points.

• Record URL:
  http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/hqdiv/p-r-div/spr-rip/library/reports/rad_spr2-i2203-fy2008-rpt-final-ramseyer.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25593
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Oklahoma, Norman

  Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
  202 West Boyd Street, Room 334
  Norman, OK  United States  73019

  Oklahoma Department of Transportation

  Planning and Research Division, 200 N.E. 21st Street, Room 3A7
  Oklahoma City, OK  United States  73105

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ramseyer, Chris C
  • Nghiem, Andrew X
  • Swyden, David P
• Publication Date: 2008-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 274p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle monitoring; Cost effectiveness; Data collection; Law enforcement; Oversize loads; Overweight loads; Weigh in motion
• Uncontrolled Terms: Weight limits
• Geographic Terms: Oklahoma
• Subject Areas: Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01448661
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-OK-10-01
• Contract Numbers: ODOT Item Number 2203
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 8 2012 8:46AM