The design of weight enforcement strategies for overloaded heavy-goods vehicles on complex road networks

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

M.J. van Velzen Technology, Policy and Management

Contributors

G.P. van Wee (supervisor 1)
J.A. Annema (supervisor 1)
M.L.C. de Bruijne (supervisor 1)
I. Blommers (supervisor 1)
P. van der Holst (supervisor 1)
Faculty
Technology, Policy and Management
Copyright: © 2018 Martijn van Velzen
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Published Date

30-08-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Abstract

Overloaded heavy-goods vehicles result in road infrastructure life-time reduction, market distortion and road safety reduction. Analysis of the motivations for overloading showed that competition serves as a strong motivation for companies to overload. The currently extremely low chance on being checked should be increased, to have a violation deterring effect. In the research, four weight enforcement strategies are designed, in which both compliance stimulating and violation deterring enforcement measures are strategically combined. It is concluded that a strategy in which On-Board Weighing is deployed for automated enforcement is expected to result in the largest reduction of overloaded heavy-goods vehicle movements. The efficiency of this strategy, expressed in enforcement costs per sanctionable overloaded heavy-goods vehicle detection, is relatively high compared to non-automated enforcement strategies. Future research should be aimed at defining the optimal subjective probability of being checked for various groups of violators.