Development of Truck Payload Equivalent Factor (TPEF)
Final Report
Submitted to:
Office of Freight Management and Operations
Federal Highway Administration
Washington, D.C.
Prepared by:
Principal Investigator
Mohammed Alam, P.Eng.
Researcher
Gayathri Rajamanickam
Submitted by:
Battelle
505 King Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201
June 15, 2007
Table of Contents
3.1 VIUS (Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey)
3.2 VTRIS (Vehicle Traveler Information System)
4.1 Gross Vehicle Weight Groups
Metadata for State Specific Database
List of Tables
Table 1. Average Payload (lbs) by Gross Vehicle Weight Group VIUS – by State
Table 2. Average Empty Weight (lbs) by Gross Vehicle Weight Group VIUS – by State
Table 3. Average Payload (lbs) by FHWA Vehicle Class VIUS – by State
Table 4. Average Empty Weight (lbs) by FHWA Vehicle Class VIUS – by State
Table 5. Average Payload (lbs) by FHWA Vehicle Class VTRIS – by State
Table 6. Average Empty Weight (lbs) by FHWA Vehicle Class VTRIS – by State
Table 7. Average Payload Comparison (lbs) between VIUS and VTRIS by FHWA Vehicle Class – by State
Table 9. Average Payload by Commodities VIUS – National
Table 10. Average Payload (lbs) by Commodities and Gross Vehicle Weight Group VIUS – National
Table 11. Average Payload (lbs) by Distance Traveled and Gross Vehicle Weight Group VIUS – National
Table 12. Average Payload (lbs) by Body Type and Gross Vehicle Weight Group VIUS – National
Table 13. Average Payload (lbs) by Commodities and FHWA Vehicle Class VIUS – National
Table 14. Average Payload (lbs) by Distance Traveled and FHWA Vehicle Class VIUS – National
Table 15. Average Payload (lbs) by Body Type and FHWA Vehicle Class VIUS – National
Table 16. Percentage of Vehicles Overweight by GVW Group – VIUS
Table 17. Percentage of Vehicles Overweight by FHWA Vehicle Class – VIUS
Table 18. Percentage of Vehicles Overweight by FHWA Vehicle Class – VTRIS
List of Figures
Figure 1. GVW Group 2 – Average Payload by Gross Vehicle Weight Group – VIUS – by State
Figure 2. GVW Group 3 – Average Payload by Gross Vehicle Weight Group – VIUS – by State
Figure 3. GVW Group 4 – Average Payload by Gross Vehicle Weight Group – VIUS – by State
Figure 4. GVW Group 5 – Average Payload by Gross Vehicle Weight Group – VIUS – by State
Figure 5. GVW Group 6 – Average Payload by Gross Vehicle Weight Group – VIUS – by State
Figure 6. GVW Group 7 – Average Payload by Gross Vehicle Weight Group – VIUS – by State
Figure 7. GVW Group 8 – Average Payload by Gross Vehicle Weight Group – VIUS – by State
Figure 8. Average Payload Comparison between VIUS and VTRIS – FHWA Vehicle Class 1 – by State
Figure 9. Average Payload Comparison between VIUS and VTRIS – FHWA Vehicle Class 2 – by State
Figure 10. Average Payload Comparison between VIUS and VTRIS – FHWA Vehicle Class 3 – by State
Figure 11. Average Payload Comparison between VIUS and VTRIS – FHWA Vehicle Class 4 – by State
Figure 12. Average Payload Comparison between VIUS and VTRIS – FHWA Vehicle Class 5 – by State
Figure 13. Average Payload Comparison between VIUS and VTRIS – FHWA Vehicle Class 6 – by State
Figure 14. Average Payload Comparison between VIUS and VTRIS – FHWA Vehicle Class 7 – by State
Figure 15. Average Payload Comparison between VIUS and VTRIS – FHWA Vehicle Class 8 – by State
Figure 16. Average Payload Comparison between VIUS and VTRIS – FHWA Vehicle Class 9 – by State
Figure 17. Average Payload by Commodities – VIUS – National
Figure 18. Cumulative Gross Weight Curve by GVW Vehicle Group VIUS – National
Figure 19. Cumulative Gross Weight Curve by FHWA Class VIUS – National
