The purpose of this report is to measure truck loading characteristics of Mexican-orgin trucks currently operating within the Texas U.S. (ICC) commercial zones. The relevance of this goal stems from the following: (1) heavy truck axle loads are the primary cause of pavement wear; (2) international commercial traffic processed through Southweatern ports-of-entry as a result of the liberalization of Mexican trade practices has increased gramatically since the mid-1980's; (3) this increase in commercial traffic is likely to continue at an accelerated pace now that NAFTA has been ratified; (4) Mexican axle load limits exceed U.S. limits by 10-17%, depending on the axle group type; harmonization talks may eventually lead to higher allowable axle loads and gross-vehicle weights in the U.S.; and (5) infrastructure in the Texas border region is inadequate for current levels of truck traffic; projections for required upgrades extend out 30 years and exceed $2 billion in costs.


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    Title :

    Measurement and Analysis of Traffic Loads Across the Texas-Mexico Border


    Contributors:
    J. P. Leidy (author) / C. E. Lee (author) / R. Harrison (author)

    Publication date :

    1995


    Size :

    108 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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