Review of Truck Characteristics as Factors in Roadway Design

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

doi:10.17226/23379

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Review of Truck Characteristics as Factors in Roadway Design

(2003)

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TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 505: Review of Truck Characteristics as Factors in Roadway Design presents guidance to roadway geometric designers on how to accommodate large trucks on the U.S. highway system.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2003. Review of Truck Characteristics as Factors in Roadway Design. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/23379.

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194 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/23379

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-viii
Summary	1-2
Chapter 1 - Introduction	3-4
Chapter 2 - Truck Size and Weight Limits	5-12
Chapter 3 - Size, Composition, and Characteristics of the U.S. Truck Fleet	13-21
Chapter 4 - Design Vehicles	22-38
Chapter 5 - Truck Characteristics Related to Geometric Design	39-60
Chapter 6 - Highway Geometric Design Criteria and Their Relationship to Truck Characteristics	61-113
Chapter 7 - Conclusions and Recommendations	114-116
References	117-119
Appendix A - Summary of Truck Characteristics	120-126
Appendix B - Weigh Station Data Collection	127-132
Appendix C - Turning Performance Analysis of Specific Design Vehicles	133-152
Appendix D - Field Estimates of Truck Weight-to-Power Ratios	153-159
Appendix E - Truck Speed Profile Model	160-165
Appendix F - Recommended Changes to the AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets	166-183
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	184-184

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