Fuel Saving/Emissions Reducing Technologies and Incentives: Use and Preferences among Diesel Truck Owners in the Baltimore Region; Final rept

摘要

In December 2006, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) was selected by the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC) to conduct a survey of diesel truck owners operating in the Baltimore, Maryland region to identify fuel saving/emissions reducing technologies (FSERTs) which may be of interest.1,2 Financial mechanisms which could assist with the purchase of these technologies were also to be identified. ATRI, with input from BMC staff, developed a survey questionnaire for distribution to diesel truck owners. Assistance in creating the survey was also provided by the Maryland Departments of Transportation (MDOT) and the Environment (MDE), as well as trade associations located in the Baltimore area. A survey distribution plan was developed which involved distributing the survey directly to a list of more than 700 recipients as well as providing notices through a variety of trade associations which have members operating diesel trucks in the Baltimore region.