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TRB Committee AT055
Motor Vehicle Size and Weight

Scope: This Transportation Research Board (TRB) committee is concerned with the issue of motor vehicle size and weight, and the problems associated with larger and heavier trucks. It is concerned with the social, economic and political factors related to motor vehicle size and weight; the interrelationships of larger loads with pavements, shoulders, structures, facility capacity, safety and the environment; and the effects of changing vehicle dimensions on carrier and highway economics, on other modes of freight transport, and on labor and management.

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Contacts

Committee Chair:
Mark J. Berndt
Wilbur Smith Associates
St. Paul, MN
v: 651-290-0559

Webmaster:
Keith Fortowsky
University of Regina (Canada)
v: 306-585-5438

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