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5 1 Introduction USDOT delivered to Congress the final report of its Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study (FHWA 2016a) in 2016, according to the requirements of Section 32801 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP21)
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6 EVALUATION OF TRUCK SIZE AND WEIGHT REGULATIONS BOX 1-1 Federal Truck Size and Weight Studies, 1941–2016 Interstate Commerce Commission (1941) : Federal Regulation of the Sizes and Weights of Motor Vehicles U.S.
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INTRODUCTION 7 report provides a problem statement identifying the product, relationship to the overall problem of evaluating truck size and weight regulations, possible research approaches, anticipated duration and cost, and necessary participants in the research. The research program is selective; it includes projects on the catego ries of impact identified in the Statement of Task and certain additional topics that the committee concluded require attention, but does not in clude research on all significant categories of impact of changes in the limits.
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8 EVALUATION OF TRUCK SIZE AND WEIGHT REGULATIONS policies that promised the greatest net benefit for the public. The committee has included research topics to develop an analysis framework for truck size and weight policy studies in the roadmap.
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10 FI G U R E 1 -1 S tr uc tu re o f a tr uc k si ze a nd w ei gh t po lic y ev al ua ti on .
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INTRODUCTION 11 and uncertainties. Some studies present results of the comparative analysis of regulatory alternatives without recommendations.
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12 EVALUATION OF TRUCK SIZE AND WEIGHT REGULATIONS Past truck size and weight studies acknowledged the potential value of coordinating size and weight regulations with other highway manage ment practices to achieve an objective of improved system performance. For example: • The 1981 and 2000 USDOT truck size and weight studies (US DOT 1981, 2000a)
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INTRODUCTION 13 • Models of mode and vehicle choice in the private sector that are able to represent the effect of alternative highway user fee and tax structures on the use of existing and new configurations. • Methods to project the effect of alternative enforcement practices on weight distributions.
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