Author: Dan R. MiddletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trucking
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Evaluation of Oversize/overweight Permit Policy and Fee Structure
Author: Dan R. MiddletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trucking
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Aligning Oversize/overweight Fees with Agency Costs
Author: Teresa AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
This project provides an elementary analysis of issues and a proposed framework for the state to evaluate cost recovery options due to oversized and overweight (OSOW) operations. The authors provide a review of current permitting practices, provide a sampling of fee structures, and outline preliminary trends for OSOW demand in the foreseeable future. The basis for the project is the Midwest States, but the findings incorporate national trends and data as appropriate. The research team surveyed state DOTs for information on permit fee structures and the respective distribution and allocation of permit revenue. The research team did not attempt to determine roadway, infrastructure, and other impacts of OSOW loads, but rather document studies that attempt to monetize these values and provide observations. A methodology is proposed to generate said costs, but the validation of such methodology was outside the scope of this study. Finally the project report details other considerations, including truck-to-rail diversion potential if permit fees are increased. A series of best practices is provided to help guide the operations of a permitting process.
Bridge Rating Practices and Policies for Overweight Vehicles
Author: Gongkang FuPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 0309097665
Category : Bridges
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
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.
Permit Fee Policies for Oversize/overweight Vehicles
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Fees, Administrative
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Since the early 1990s, the state of Minnesota has been considering a move toward a unified permitting process (UPP) for oversize/overweight (OSOW) vehicles. The multiphase UPP project now underway will, over the long term, establish the framework for a statewide "one-stop shop" permitting system. This streamlined permitting process is expected to increase efficiencies in permit application and issuance practices, and reduce agency costs and the staff time needed to process OSOW permits. MnDOT is seeking information about the practices of other state transportation agencies in setting, collecting and distributing permit fees for heavy commercial and OSOW vehicles. This information will be used to support Minnesota's ongoing effort to establish an OSOW UPP. To gather this information, selected state departments of transportation and other state agencies were surveyed about their OSOW permit fee structures; the statutory basis, purpose and allocation of permit fees; the state's level of engagement with local agencies; and special policies associated with the movement of OSOW loads. This Transportation Research Synthesis presents the findings of that survey along with statutory references and other resources provided by survey respondents.
Overweight Permit Fee Structure Development
Author: Nicholas J. VlahosPublisher:
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Category : Fees, Administrative
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Federal and state laws limit the legal maximum gross vehicle weight of commercial vehicles operated on a highway network. The operator of a vehicle wishing to operate above these weights must obtain a permit prior to travel from the jurisdiction(s) to be entered. For travel on state and US highways, state statutes and regulations govern the allowable weights, place restrictions on distribution of those weights across axles, and set travel restrictions. On the Interstate Highway System, however, federal law governs allowable weights. Current federal law limits gross vehicle weight on most interstate highways to 80,000 pounds when distributed across five or more axles. The objective of this report is to support the policy analysis of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) as to whether to allow overweight nondivisible loads in sealed shipping containers onto the Interstate Highway System between the Mariposa Port of Entry and the Port of Tucson (and in the reverse direction). The project addressed three questions. First, was the estimated infrastructure cost due to damages that would be incurred by ADOT if it allowed heavier permitted vehicles in the study area in addition to the existing flow of permitted nondivisible vehicles. The research considers the expected infrastructure impacts to structures and pavements of a potential overweight nondivisible load permit for sealed shipping containers in intermodal travel utilizing the corridor between the border with Mexico at Nogales and Metropolitan Tucson on interstate highways. The second question was what fees would be necessary to recapture the cost of any infrastructure impacts. The third question was what would be the potential techniques and technologies for ensuring compliance in the study corridor should a permit program be implemented. The project team calculated the cost of mitigating the resulting damage using ADOT-provided unit cost values. The estimated cost of mitigation was between $5.18 and $5.38 per equivalent single-axle load mile. In addition to the direct costs of the permit, additional items are important for determining the permit fee. This report addresses four of the most common costs considered in the fee setting process: project overhead, permitting technology, increases in enforcement, and increases in program administration. The report recommends using four principles to govern the structure and compliance requirements of the permit: generally, that the origin or destination of the permitted vehicle be an intermodal facility; that the permit be used for a single trip; that the carrier provide information adequate to document compliance with federal policies; and that no additional permit be issued if the existing Mariposa Point of Entry permit can be issued for the trip.
HRIS Abstracts
Author: Highway Research Abstracts
Author: Oversize-overweight Permit Operation on State Highways
Author: Roy Jorgensen and AssociatesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
A sample of permits in the 48 contiguous states for the year 1966 was surveyed to determine the characteristics of oversize-overweight permit operations on state highways in the U.S. Recommendations to change some of the permit practices are presented.
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