Federal truck size and weight study falls short of congressional requirements, says new report
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 14:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Although a U.S. Department of Transportation report on federal truck size and weight limits acknowledges gaps in addressing its legislative charge, a more comprehensive and useful response would have been possible, says a new letter report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The DOT's Comprehensive Truck Size & Weight Limits Study lacks a consistent and complete quantitative summary of the alternative configuration scenarios, and major categories of costs—such as expected bridge structural costs, frequency of crashes, and infrastructure costs on certain roads—are not estimated.