Assessment of Infrastructure Damage Cost and Compliance of Truck Weight Limit

This proposal will synthesize a comparison between estimated damage infrastructure costs and violation fines associated with overweight trucks on the Brooklyn-Queens Expresswy (BQE) corridor post-implementation of weigh-in-motion (WIM)-based direct enforcement. Even with a reduction in the number and weight of overweight trucks, some structural damage may still occur. The team will evaluate the total damage caused by overweight trucks before and after direct enforcement to assess whether current fines are sufficient to cover the repair costs. The results will help guide legislative updates and support the creation of policies for setting appropriate violation fees through the use of WIM systems for direct overweight enforcement.

• Record URL:
  https://c2smarter.engineering.nyu.edu/assessment-of-infrastructure-damage-cost-and-compliance-of-truck-weight-limit/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $135000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747124

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201
• Project Managers:

  Pohl, Lizzie

  Chase, Holly

• Performing Organizations:

  Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)

  New York University
  Brooklyn, New York  United States  11201

  Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  New Brunswick, NJ  United States  08901
• Principal Investigators:

  Nassif, Hani

  Na, Chaekuk

  Lou, Patrick

  Ozbay, Kaan

• Start Date: 20240901
• Expected Completion Date: 20251130
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Overweight loads; Structural health monitoring; Trucks; Weigh in motion
• Identifier Terms: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01937752
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Connected Communities for Smart Mobility Towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation for Equitably Reducing Congestion (C2SMARTER)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747124
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 21 2024 5:05PM