Excerpt from the Cost-Benefit Study on the Modification of Axle Loads and/or Admissible Total Weight of Comercial Vehicle. Part I: Results. Part II: Impact on the Federal Railroad of Capacity Expansion in Long-Distance Road Freight Transport

摘要

The investigation has had one clear result: 4-axle trucks with a permissible total weight of 30 t should be licensed immediately. The primary effect of this measure will be to enable short-distance road freight traffic to better fulfill its function, when seen from an overall economic viewpoint. Total weight increases should also be considered for long-distance road freight traffic. From the current viewpoint, the best solution would be the introduction of six-axle highway trains and tractor trailer trains with a total weight of 44 t, i.e. to increase the total weight through an increase in the axle number rather than the axle load.