Book Description

This research originated at the time of the announcement of the major study by the Roads and Transportation Association of Canada and the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators study into heavy vehicle weight and dimension regulations. This study attempts to put together an understanding of how the twelve sets of weight and dimension regulations in Canada work, where the major differences are, and what the implications are. The report describes the impact of the regulations in terms of how they affect the design of truck combinations, how the vehicles that result affect trucking costs and rates, how the different regulations have affected the characteristics of truck fleets in various parts of the country, and how individual operators make decisions in terms of their own operations.