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Main Title Driving patterns of heavy duty vehicles operating in the St. Louis regional area /
Author Sheehan, Edward M. ; Kretzer, Jr., John T.
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Author Title of a Work
Kretzer, John T.,
CORP Author East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, St. Louis, Mo.;Environmental Protection Agency, Ann Arbor, Mich. Emission Control Technology Div.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Mobile Source Air Pollution Control, Emission Control Technology Division ; Available through the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA/460/3-76/007
Stock Number PB-253 993
OCLC Number 03262942
Subjects Buses--Missouri--Saint Louis region ; Trucks
Additional Subjects Highway transportation ; Traffic surveys ; Motor trucks ; Buses(Vehicles) ; Missouri ; Tractors ; Trailers ; Data acquisition ; Monitoring ; Weather ; Time ; Velocity ; Pattern recognition ; Data processing ; Problem solving ; Computer programming ; Methodology ; Saint Louis(Missouri) ; Chase vehicle method ; Heavy duty vehicles
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPdf.cgi?Dockey=94002PIO.pdf
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ELCD  EPA-460/3-76-007 c.1 NVFEL Library/Ann Arbor, MI 12/15/2016
NTIS  PB-253 993 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 40 pages in various pagings : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report describes the data collection methods for a survey conducted in the St. Louis regional area. It involved only those vehicles having a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds. Seventy vehicles were selected for observation. Sixty-five of these vehicles were trucks and five were buses. The chase vehicle method of collecting vehicle operational data utilizes a vehicle equipped to monitor and record its own speed and time while following ('chasing') a subject vehicle. The following information was recorded during each chase event: Day of the year, time of the day, truck I.D. number, area type (urban, non-urban), vehicle speed, manifold vacuum, road types, traffic conditions, weather type, driver-navigator I.D., catch-up mode indicator, and type of scheduled stop.
Notes
Interagency agreement no. IAG-D5-0731. Performed under contract DOT-FHWA-11-8563, with the Federal Highway Administration.