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Home / Publications / Catalog Search / Characteristics of Highway Freight Transportation in Texas

Characteristics of Highway Freight Transportation in Texas

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Author(s):

J.N. Slater

Publication Date

January 1957

Abstract

Field records and punched cards covering observations made at vehicle weight stations in Texas form the basis of this investigation. The plan of this study involved three objectives: (1) to investigate vehicle types, weights, distances, and carried loads in general; (2) to complete statistics regarding the commodities being hauled over main rural roads and the industries engaging in intercity trucking; and (3) to evaluate this use of loadometer data.

Report Number:

TTI-1957-1

Keywords:

Freight Transportation

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http://tti.tamu.edu/documents/TTI-1957-1.pdf

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