SOME MEASURES OF ACCESSIBILITY OF LARGE TRUCKS TO THE TEXAS HIGHWAY SYSTEM. FINAL REPORT
The Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) of 1982 established a nationally uniform maximum limit to the length, width, and weight of commerical vehicles. In accordance with the act, a national network of routes that could safely and structually accomodate the large and heavier vehicles was established. The objective of this study was to develop procedures for identifying truck routes and for determing accessibility to the selected network. This goal was accomplished in two stages. First potential demand for access to the network was identified. Emphasis was placed on counties that have large economic and demographic bases, and on areas that are currently small yet have exhibited recent growth trends. The second stage focused on the network or the spatial structure of routes. Ahierarchy of four coverage patterns was evaluated in terms of the amount of demand satisfied by the network. The four network varied in degree of complexity. (Author)
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Corporate Authors:
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
Arlington, TX United States 76011Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation
Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
Austin, TX United States 78763Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Fesenmaier, J
- Burke, D
- Publication Date: 1985-6
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 61 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Accessibility; Heavy vehicles; Networks; Optimization; Roads; Truck routes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00399305
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-TX-85-66+336-1F
- Contract Numbers: Study 2-18-84-336
- Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Feb 28 1986 12:00AM