FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING EFFECTS OF SPRING LOAD RESTRICTIONS

Spring load restrictions (SLR) impose restrictions on heavy trucks during the spring thaw period. Although the policies have been implemented for many years, their economic effects on truckers remain uncertain. This study provides an overview of practices around the world and sets up a framework to estimate the benefit-cost of the SLR policy. A freight demand model in Minnesota was built to estimate the impacts of SLR on the freight transportation pattern. The model allows various policy scenarios to be tested before being put into practice. A preliminary result of the freight demand model indicates the SLR policy increased truck vehicle kilometers of travel in Lyon County, Minnesota, by about 13%.

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  https://doi.org/10.3141/1874-20
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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1874, Geology and Properties of Earth Materials 2004.
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• Authors:
  • Levinson, David
  • Li, N
  • Zou, X
  • Smalkoski, B
  • Hashami, M
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 181-188
• Monograph Title: GEOLOGY AND PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS 2004
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1874
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Axle load force; Benefit cost analysis; Forecasting; Freight transportation; Heavy duty trucks; Impacts; Load limits; Policy; Spring; Thaw; Vehicle miles of travel
• Geographic Terms: Lyon County (Minnesota); Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I23: Properties of Road Surfaces; I42: Soil Mechanics; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00983236
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309094690
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 7 2004 12:00AM