Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads (2021)

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38 Survey Questions A P P E N D I X OS/OW Questionnaire Hello, Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. The questions here are specific to the permitting process for both overweight and oversize loads for night and weekend movements. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call NCHRP Principal Investigator Jason Bittner at 608-274-6409. We anticipate this survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. If you are not the right person to address limitations and permitting associated with weekend and nighttime freight movements in your jurisdiction, please direct the survey to the appropriate person in your agency and contact Dr. Hannah Silber at hsilber@ara.com. Thank you again and we appreciate your time and effort to complete this information. 1. What is your name and title? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. What state are you representing? ________________________________________________________________

Survey Questions 39   ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. Are you responsible for issuing OS/OW permits for your agency? Yes (1) No (2) 5. How long have you served in this role? 0-1 year (1) 1-3 years (2) 3-5 years (3) 5-10 years (4) 10-15 years (5) More than 15 years (6) 6. Do you routinely permit oversized loads for nighttime movement? Yes (1) No (2) 3. What is your agency's name? ________________________________________________________________

40 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for nighttime movement? = No 7. Do you ever permit oversized loads for nighttime movement? Yes (1) No (2) Display This Question: If Do you ever permit oversized loads for nighttime movement? = Yes 8. Please provide any additional details that would help our team understand the ad hoc issuance of these nighttime permits. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for nighttime movement? = Yes

Survey Questions 41   9. Do you provide restrictions on your over-dimensional permits that differ for day versus night operations? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) Lighting (1) Escort (2) Flagging (3) Time Limitations (4) Municipal-focused restrictions (5) Routes (6) Overhangs (7) Seasonal/event restrictions (8) Height (9) Driver requirements (age, experience beyond CDL) (10) Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for nighttime movement? = Yes

42 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for nighttime movement? = Yes 11. Are there specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) for oversized loads for nighttime movement? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 12. Please describe any specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for nighttime movement? = Yes Display This Question: If Are there specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) for oversized loads for nighttime movement? = Yes 10. For any answered yes above or others not addressed, please describe those operations below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

Survey Questions 43   13. Are additional reviews required for oversized loads for nighttime movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement)? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) Display This Question: 14. Describe any additional reviews that are required for oversized loads for nighttime movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement) below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 15. Do you routinely permit overweight loads for nighttime movement? Yes (1) No (2) Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for nighttime movement? = No If Are additional reviews required for oversized loads for nighttime movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement)? = Yes

44 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads 16. Do you ever permit overweight loads for nighttime movement? Yes (1) No (2) Display This Question: If Do you ever permit overweight loads for nighttime movement? = Yes 17. Please provide any additional details that would help our team understand the ad hoc issuance of these nighttime permits. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for nighttime movement? = Yes

Survey Questions 45   18. Do you provide restrictions for overweight permits that differ for day versus night operations? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) Overall weight (1) Axle weight (2) Lighting (3) Escort (4) Flagging/badging requirements (5) Time/hours limitations (6) Municipal-focused restrictions (7) Routes (interstate only, divided highways, etc.) (8) Overhangs (9) Seasonal/event restrictions (10) Driver requirements (11) Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for nighttime movement? = Yes

46 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads 19. For any answered yes above or others not addressed, please describe those operations below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for nighttime movement? = Yes 20. Are there specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) for overweight loads for nighttime movement? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 21. Please describe any specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Are there specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) for overweight loads for nighttime movement? = Yes

Survey Questions 47   Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for nighttime movement? = Yes 22. Are additional reviews required for overweight loads for nighttime movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement)? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 23. Describe any additional reviews that are required for overweight loads for nighttime movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement) below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 24. Do you routinely permit oversized loads for weekend movement? Yes (1) No (2) Display This Question: If Are additional reviews required for overweight loads for nighttime movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement)? = Yes

48 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for weekend movement? = No 25. Do you ever permit oversized loads for weekend movement? Yes (1) No (2) Display This Question: If Do you ever permit oversized loads for weekend movement? = Yes 26. Please provide any additional details that would help our team understand the ad hoc issuance of these weekend permits. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for weekend movement? = Yes

Survey Questions 49   27. Do you provide restrictions on your over-dimensional permits that differ for weekday versus weekend operations? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) Lighting (1) Escort (2) Flagging/badging requirements (3) Time limitations (4) Municipal-focused restrictions (5) Route (interstate only, divided highways, etc.) (6) Overhangs (7) Seasonal/event restrictions (8) Height (9) Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for weekend movement? = Yes 28. For any answered yes above or others not addressed, please describe those operations below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

50 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for weekend movement? = Yes 29. Are there specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) for oversized loads for weekend movement? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 30. Please describe any specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit oversized loads for weekend movement? = Yes Display This Question: If Are there specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) for oversized loads for weekend movement? = Yes

Survey Questions 51   31. Are additional reviews required for oversized loads for weekend movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement)? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 32. Describe any additional reviews that are required for oversized loads for weekend movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement) below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 33. Do you routinely permit overweight loads for weekend movement? Yes (1) No (2) Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for weekend movement? = No Display This Question: If Are additional reviews required for oversized loads for weekend movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement)? = Yes

52 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads 34. Do you ever permit overweight loads for weekend movement? Yes (1) No (2) Display This Question: If Do you ever permit overweight loads for weekend movement? = Yes 35. Please provide any additional details that would help our team understand the ad hoc issuance of these weekend permits. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for weekend movement? = Yes

Survey Questions 53   36. Do you provide restrictions for overweight permits that differ for weekday versus weekend operations? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) Overall weight (1) Axle weight (2) Lighting (3) Escort (4) Flagging/badging requirements (5) Time/hours limitations (6) Municipal-focused restrictions (7) Routes (interstate only, divided highways, etc.) (8) Overhangs (9) Seasonal/event restrictions (10) Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for weekend movement? = Yes 37. For any answered yes above or others not addressed, please describe those operations below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

54 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for weekend movement? = Yes 38. Are there specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) for overweight loads for weekend movement? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 39. Please describe any specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Display This Question: If Do you routinely permit overweight loads for weekend movement? = Yes Display This Question: If Are there specific commodity considerations (wind energy, transformers, emergency movements, highway construction, or other commodities) for overweight loads for weekend movement? = Yes

Survey Questions 55   40. Are additional reviews required for overweight loads for weekend movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement)? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 41. Describe any additional reviews that are required for overweight loads for weekend movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement) below. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 42. Have you conducted permit studies for your state? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) Display This Question: If Are additional reviews required for overweight loads for weekend movement (engineering, structures, routing, law enforcement)? = Yes

56 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads 43. If yes, are the results available? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 44. Have you undertaken a pilot program for night or weekend permitting OS/OW loads? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 45. Can night permits be self-issued? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3) 46. Can weekend permits be self-issued? Yes (1) No (2) Does not apply (3)

Survey Questions 57   47. What thresholds do you use for enhanced review before permits are issued? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 48. What observations do you have on night/weekend movements? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 49. Would you be willing to provide additional information as part of an interview on these topics? Yes (1) No (2) 50. Click continue to submit your final answers. Thank you for your time! Continue (1)

58 Night and Weekend Movement of Oversize/Overweight Loads Interview Questions Template 1. What is your name and title? 2. What state are you representing? 3. What is your agency’s name? 4. Date/time/location of interview? 5. Are there any types of OS/OW operations you do not permit under any circumstances in your state for night and weekend movements or in certain regions of your state? If so, why? 6. Is any night or weekend emergency permitting done regionally (if your state has distinct regional offices, do these offices handle permitting for movements in their regions)? 7. If emergency movements are given priority for OS/OW loads, how do you classify an emergency need? 8. Who is responsible for determining optimal routes for OS/OW operations to use? Do these differ for nights and weekends? How are these routes determined? 9. What databases do you use to assess risk of OS/OW operations (routes that would require traffic stoppage or the movement of infrastructure such as lights or wires)? Who created the database? Is it portable and updated in an automated fashion? 10.What types of events in your state might affect OS/OW night and weekend operations and how do you determine what events could impact OS/OW operations (and vice versa)? 11.A recent FHWA report mentions improving use of technology to facilitate route planning and permitting by automating state permitting processes. What are the major challenges and advantages of the processes in use in your state? 12.What unique properties of your state’s routes provide challenges to standardized permit processes for night and weekend movements? 13.For any “case-by-case” permitting, what thresholds do you use to decide whether to issue a permit, and if so, what restrictions you might impose? 14.Any stories of particularly intriguing loads that you’ve moved?

Abbreviations and acronyms used without denitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration GHSA Governors Highway Safety Association HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TDC Transit Development Corporation TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) TRB Transportation Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration U.S. DOT United States Department of Transportation

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