The Coalition for Transportation Productivity

1. The Coalition for Transportation Productivity Making Roads Safer, Protecting the Environment and Strengthening the Economy Through Vehicle Weight Limit Reform Presented to American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials June 8, 2010

2. The Challenge • The need to reduce VMTs is a safety imperative • Diesel fuel price spikes will return with growing economy • Congestion has tripled since 1982 • Truck emissions standards and other rules continue to tighten • Driver shortage will continue to be a factor in years ahead

3. 2000 2020 The Challenge The U.S. DOT estimates that by 2020, the amount of freight shipped throughout the U.S. will increase 87 percent from what it was in 2000.

4. CTP Proposal – The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act -- H.R. 1799 • Gives each state the right to allow 97,000 pound, six-axle single trailer trucks to access interstate highways • Sixth axle maintains weight per axle, tire displacement and braking distance • Higher Heavy Vehicle Use Tax would be required to carry the heavier load • States or DOT Secretary could limit access on bridge by bridge basis

5. Academic studies and empirical evidence have shown that raising the weight limit to 97,000 pounds for six-axle trucks would improve highway safety. Improved Safety

6. Improved Safety • Wisconsin DOT Study – 2009 • Univ. of Mich. TRI Study – 2009 • European Union Study -- 2008 • UK Analysis – 2006 • TRB Review – 2002 • …and many others

7. Vehicle weight limit reform would benefitthe environment by requiring fewer trucks to ship a fixed amount of goods,saving fuel and reducing greenhouse emissions. Cleaner Environment

8. Cleaner Environment • Six-axle trucks carrying 97,000 pounds get 17 percent more ton-miles per gallon than five-axle trucks carrying 80,000 pounds • The U.S. DOT estimates that H.R. 1799 would save 2 billion gallons of diesel fuel annually, a 19 percent decrease in fuel consumption • Kraft Foods would save 6.6 million gallons of fuel and eliminate 73,000 tons of carbon emissions. • International Paper’s annual fuel savings would be equal to the amount needed by one truck to circle the earth 600 times.

9. Raising vehicle weight limits will help U.S. businesses improve their competitive edge. Stronger Economy

10. Stronger Economy • The U.S. gross vehicle weight limits are lower than Canada, Mexico and most European nations. • Harmonizing weight limits with our major trading partners will ease the cost of moving U.S. goods into international markets and avoid costly freight consolidation at our ports and border crossings. • Raising the weight limit would allow American producers to consolidate goods and reduce the number of weekly shipments. • H.R. 1799 will spur investment in upgraded equipment, create jobs and transition the U.S. to a more efficient transportation network.

11. The user fee for 97,000-pound, six-axle trucks will fund accelerated bridge repair and maintenance, while these trucks will collectively inflict less wear on our nation’s roads. Improved Infrastructure

12. Improved Infrastructure • The sixth axle ensures that no additional weight per tire results from the higher weight limits. • H.R. 1799 would cut the number of trucks on the road—saving $2.4 billion in pavement restoration costs over 20 years. • Fewer trucks would satisfy America’s shipping needs, putting less overall weight on any given stretch of pavement while directing higher user fees toward bridge repair and maintenance.

13. Charges by Opponents • Heavier trucks are less safe • Only if you don’t add additional axle and brakes • Allowing Heavier Trucks Won’t Result in Fewer Trucks in 20 years • Truck growth will continue, but allowing our configuration would slow the rate of growth • H.R. 1799 would put bridges at risk • Our bill puts states in full control of implementation with DOT Secy. as backstop • This would divert rail traffic onto the highway • Rail will remain more cost efficient, but it doesn’t go everywhere

14. About Us The Coalition for Transportation Productivity (CTP) is a group of more than 155 companies and associations dedicated to safety and responsibly increasing the vehicle weight limit on federal interstate highways—but only for trucks equipped with an additional sixth axle. John Runyan, Executive Director CTP John@runyanpa.com www.transportationproductivity.org

15. Supporting Associations American Frozen Food InstituteAgricultural Transportation Efficiency Coalition (AgTEC)Alabama Forestry AssociationAmerican Forest & Paper AssociationAmerican Soybean Association Black Hills Forest Resource AssociationCitizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)Colorado Potato Administrative CommitteeColorado Timber Industry Association Florida Chamber of Commerce Florida Forestry AssociationFlorida Pulp & Paper Association Fresh Produce AssociationFood Marketing InstituteForest Resources AssociationGrocery Manufacturers AssociationHardwood FederationIdaho Grower Shippers Association Idaho Potato Commission Intermountain Forest AssociationInternational Foodservice Distributors AssociationInternational Dairy Foods AssociationKentucky Forest Industries AssociationLouisiana Forestry AssociationMaine Pulp and Paper AssociationManufacture AlabamaMichigan Forest Products CouncilMississippi Forestry AssociationMississippi Loggers Association Missouri Forest Products AssociationNational Association of Manufacturers (NAM)National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors National Black Chamber of CommerceNational Confectioners AssociationNational Industrial Transportation League (NITLeague)National Lumber and Building Material Dealers AssociationNational Milk Producers FederationNational Potato CouncilNational Private Truck CouncilNational Taxpayers UnionNortheastern Loggers AssociationNorth Carolina Forestry AssociationNorthwest Food Processors AssociationOhio Forestry AssociationOregon Potato CommissionPaper and Forest Industry Transportation CommitteeShelf-Stable Food Processors AssociationSnack Food AssociationUnited Fresh Produce Association Virginia Forest Products AssociationWashington State Potato CommissionWestern GrowersWisconsin Manufacturers & CommerceWisconsin Paper Council

16. Supporting Companies A&M Transport AbitibiBowaterAir Products Anthony Forest ProductsArcher Daniel Midland(ADM)Ball Brothers ProduceBasic American Foods Bear Trucking, Inc.Boise Cascade LLCBoise Inc.Campbell Soup CompanyCentral Refrigerated Service Challenger Motor Freight Claremont Forest Inc.Coca-Cola Company Columbia Forest ProductsCon-wayDannonDean FoodsDeere & CompanyDelta Timber CompanyDomtar Evergreen PackagingFlambeau River Papers Fleetmaster ExpressFloyd Wilcox & Sons, Inc. (Wilcox Marketing Group)FMC CorporationFuel Transport US, Inc. General Mills, Inc.Georgia PacificGlatfelter GPOD of Idaho Green Bay PackagingH-E-B Home Depot Houg Special ServicesIdaho Forest Group Idahoan FoodsInternational PaperITS Logistics Kraft Foods, IncLarsen Farms Longview Fibre Paper and Pkg LP Corp. LyondellBasell Industries Manuel Huerta Trucking Mennel Milling CompanyMillerCoorsMillis Transfer Modern Transportation ServicesMWVNational Frozen Foods CorpNeiman Enterprises, Inc.Nestlé USANestlé Waters North AmericaNewark GroupNewPageOldcastle Architectural, Inc.Oregon Transfer Company Philadelphia Regional Port Authority Piggyback Consolidators Plum Creek Potandon Produce Raven Transport Co.RayonierRPM Consolidated Services, Inc. R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.Safe Handling Inc. Safeway, Inc.Schwan Food CompanySimplotSmurfit Stone Container CorpSun Glo of Idaho, Inc.Sunny DSuperValu Inc.Taylor Produce, Inc.Temple-Inland Thomas and Sons, Inc. Total Transportation Services Transportation Management Solutions TranzAct Technologies Tyson Foods US Foodservice/Alliant Logistics US Xpress Verso Paper Wada Farms Werner Enterprises Weyerhaeuser