Freight Transportation & Transportation Safety Stakeholders:
The US DOT would like to invite you to an upcoming public input meeting related to the DOT’s Truck Size and Weight Limits Study. Please review the meeting announcement shown below.
SAVE
THE
DATE
May
29th, 2013
12:30 to
4:30
pm (EST)
Subject:
USDOT
Comprehensive
Truck
Size
and
Weight
Limits
Study
– Public
Input
Session
The
U.S.
Department
of
Transportation
invites
you
to
participate
in the
upcoming
Public
Input
Session
for
the
Comprehensive
Truck Size
and
Weight
Limits
Study
(CTSW).
MAP-21 Section
32801
requires
the USDOT
Secretary
to
complete
a “Comprehensive
Truck
Size
& Weight
Limits
Study.”
The
Study will
be conducted
as an
objective,
data driven
initiative
using
the
most
current,
best-suited
analytical
methods,
tools, and
models.
The
Study
will
evaluate
and
compare
the
differences
between
trucks
loaded
at or
below
current
federal
truck
size
and
weight
limits
to
those
operating in
excess of
those limits.
The
CTSW
Study
will
produce
findings
on
highway
safety
and
truck
crash
frequency
and severity,
pavement
and
bridge
infrastructure
service
life
impacts,
the
cost
and
effectiveness
of
enforcement
and
implications
for
the
national
transportation
system
including
the modal
share
of freight
movements
that
would
result
if
Federal
truck
size
and
weight
limits
were
to
change.
The
first
Public Outreach
Session will
provide stakeholders
an
opportunity
to
share
feedback
on
the approach
and
methods
USDOT
intends to
use
to
complete
the
Study.
The
USDOT
will
also solicit
comments
on “alternative
truck
configurations”
to
be
evaluated
in the Study.
The meeting,
which
is free and
open
to the
public, will
be
held
as an
in-person
workshop.
Webinar access
is available
for
those
unable
to
attend
in person.
Three
additional
Public
Outreach Sessions
will
be
held
over
the
next
year and
a half.
Meeting
details:
May
29,
2013
12:30
to
4:30
p.m.
USDOT
headquarters
1200
New Jersey
Ave,
SE,
Washington,
DC 20590
To
register
for
the
webinar,
click
here:
http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/resources/webconference/web_conf_learner_reg.aspx?webconfid=26090
To
attend
in person,
register
here:
CTSWStudy@dot.gov
In
advance
of
the Public
Input
Session,
a worksheet
on
the alternative
truck
configurations
will
be shared
with
registered
participants
prior
to
the session
and
will
be
available
at
the
website
provided
below.
We
invite you
to
share
this announcement
with
other
groups
and
individuals
you
feel
would
be interested
in
participating.
If
you
are unable
to
attend,
a transcript
of the
presentations
and
stakeholder
comments
will be available
on
the FHWA
Freight
website at:
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/sw/map21tswstudy/index.htm
Thank you for your consideration.
Carl L. "Chip" Millard III
Federal Highway Administration
Office of Freight Management and Operations
Program Delivery Team
U.S. DOT Headquarters Building
Room E84-471
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
Phone: 202-366-4415
Fax: 202-366-3225
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