IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE REGULATION OF HEAVY TRUCK OPERATIONS

This report provides the results of a literature review of heavy vehicle impacts, it describes the design of a truck usage survey for the New York State (NYS) divisible-load permit vehicle fleet, it discusses the questionnaire design for the truck usage survey, it provides the results of the first survey, and it provides a preliminary analysis of the primary economic impact analysis of the permit vehicle operations. Also, a brief discussion of the methodology for the secondary economic impact analysis is provided, as is a preliminary pavement damage assessment methodology and the results of its application. Finally, the scope of work for the second year of this project is presented.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University Transportation Research Center

  City College of New York
  Marshak Hall, Suite 910, 160 Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031
• Authors:
  • Meyburg, A H
  • Schuler, R E
• Publication Date: 1991-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Assessments; Data collection; Defects; Economic impacts; Economics; Governments; Heavy vehicles; Impacts; Infrastructure; Load limits; Methodology; Operations; Pavements; Permits; Policy; Private enterprise; Regulations; Surveys; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Pavement damage
• Old TRIS Terms: Public
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00725846
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1996 12:00AM