Truck Sizes and Weight: The Long and the Short of It

摘要

Truck size and weight has long been a sensitive and divisive issue, pitting railroads and the motoring public against a trucking industry already beset by the full heft of regulatory burden. Proponents favor increasing the scale and scope of what trucks and trailers can pull on interstate highways as a means to increase economy, reduce carbon emissions, and mitigate capacity shortages. Those who disapprove cite safety concerns and the rising costs of maintaining and upgrading already crumbling infrastructure.