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Vehicle Operating Costs, Fuel Consumption, and Pavement Type and Condition Factors.

PB82238676

Publication Date	1982
Personal Author	Zaniewski, J. P.; Butler, B. C.; Cunningham, G.; Elkins, G. E.; Paggi, M. S.
Page Count	384
Abstract	This report presents updated vehicle operating cost tables which may be used by a highway agency for estimation of vehicle operating costs as a function of operational and roadway variables. These results, partially based on fuel consumption tests on a group of late model vehicles and on a survey of truck fleet owners, are representative of the advancement in vehicle propulsion technology and increase in unit prices since the last comprehensive study of vehicle operating cost was conducted in the United States. To make the procedure flexible to changes in unit prices, consumption rates of the major vehicle cost components are presented in tables of constant speed on vertical grades, constant speed on horizontal curves, speed change cycles, and idling for each vehicle classification.
Keywords	Motor vehicles Operating costs Fuel consumption Exhaust emissions Pavements Trafficability Velocity Statistical data Data files
Source Agency	Federal Highway Administration
NTIS Subject Category	85H - Road Transportation
Corporate Authors	Texas Research and Development Foundation, Austin.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Highway
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Sep 79-Oct 81.
NTIS Issue Number	198222
Contract Number	DOT-FH-11-9678

Vehicle Operating Costs, Fuel Consumption, and Pavement Type and Condition Factors.

Vehicle Operating Costs, Fuel Consumption, and Pavement Type and Condition Factors.
PB82238676

Publication Date	1982
Personal Author	Zaniewski, J. P.; Butler, B. C.; Cunningham, G.; Elkins, G. E.; Paggi, M. S.
Page Count	384
Abstract	This report presents updated vehicle operating cost tables which may be used by a highway agency for estimation of vehicle operating costs as a function of operational and roadway variables. These results, partially based on fuel consumption tests on a group of late model vehicles and on a survey of truck fleet owners, are representative of the advancement in vehicle propulsion technology and increase in unit prices since the last comprehensive study of vehicle operating cost was conducted in the United States. To make the procedure flexible to changes in unit prices, consumption rates of the major vehicle cost components are presented in tables of constant speed on vertical grades, constant speed on horizontal curves, speed change cycles, and idling for each vehicle classification.
Keywords	Motor vehicles Operating costs Fuel consumption Exhaust emissions Pavements Trafficability Velocity Statistical data Data files
Source Agency	Federal Highway Administration
NTIS Subject Category	85H - Road Transportation
Corporate Authors	Texas Research and Development Foundation, Austin.; Federal Highway Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Highway
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. Sep 79-Oct 81.
NTIS Issue Number	198222
Contract Number	DOT-FH-11-9678