Abstract The regulation of overweight trucks is of increasing importance. Quickly growing heavy vehicle volumes over-proportionally contribute to roadway damage. Raising maintenance costs and compromised road safety are also becoming a major concern to managing agencies. Minimizing pavement wear is done by regulating overloaded trucks on major highways at weigh stations. However, due to lengthy inspections and insufficient capacities, weigh stations tend to be inefficient. New practices, using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) transponders and weigh-in-motion technologies, called preclearance programs, have been set up in a number of countries. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the current issues with regard to the implementation and operation of the preclearance program. The State of Queensland, Australia, is used as a case study. The investigation focuses on three aspects; the first emphasizes on identifying the need for improvement of the current regulation programs in Queensland. Second, the operators of existing preclearance programs are interviewed for their lessons-learned and the marketing strategies used for promoting their programs. The trucking companies in Queensland are interviewed for their experiences with the current weighing practices and attitudes toward the potential preclearance system. Finally, the estimated benefit of the preclearance program deployment in Queensland is analyzed. The penultimate part brings the former four parts together and provides the study findings and recommendations. The framework and study findings could be valuable inputs for other roadway agencies considering a similar preclearance program or looking to promote their existing ones.
Highlights ► The study presents current issues and recommendations for potential implementation of truck preclearance program. ► The study investigates the relative advantages of preclearance program over the existing practice. ► Existing program operators are interviewed for lessons-learned and marketing strategies for promoting their programs. ► The study examines the attitudes of trucking companies toward the potential truck clearance program. ► The findings will be valuable inputs for others considering a similar program or looking to promote their existing ones
Commercial vehicle pre-clearance programs: Current issues and recommendations for potential implementation
Transport Policy ; 27 ; 92-101
2012-01-01
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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