%0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Bridge Rating Practices and Policies for Overweight Vehicles %D 2006 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13954/bridge-rating-practices-and-policies-for-overweight-vehicles %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13954/bridge-rating-practices-and-policies-for-overweight-vehicles %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 108 %X TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 359: Bridge Rating Practices and Policies for Overweight Vehicles explores overweight vehicle permit processes. The report includes information on state and provincial bridge rating systems, bridge evaluation practices, and permit policies as they relate to overweight and oversize vehicles. The report is designed to help in the understanding of the reasons for nonuniform permitting practices. The report reviews specifications, software types, treatment of nonstandard configurations, and allowance for in-place dead loads; processes of permit review; and personnel assigned to permit review. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %T The Fuel Tax and Alternatives for Transportation Funding: Special Report 285 %D 2006 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11568/the-fuel-tax-and-alternatives-for-transportation-funding-special-report %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11568/the-fuel-tax-and-alternatives-for-transportation-funding-special-report %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %K Industry and Labor %P 248 %X TRB Special Report 285: The Fuel Tax and Alternatives for Transportation Funding examines the viability of existing revenue sources, the merits of present transportation finance arrangements, and potential directions for reform of transportation finance. According to the report, fuel taxes can remain the primary funding source for the nation's highways for at least another decade, but eventually replacing them with a system for metering road use and charging accordingly could benefit travelers and the public. In addition, the committee that developed the report suggests that while the current funding system helps maintain existing highways and build new ones and ensures that users pay most of these costs, it does not help transportation agencies alleviate congestion or target investment in the most valuable projects.