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A Pavement Damage Based System For Charging HGVs For Their Use Of Road Infrastructure

A Pavement Damage Based System For Charging HGVs For Their Use Of Road Infrastructure. Highways: cost and Regulation in Europe 26 – 27 November 2004, Bergamo Italy. Nii Amoo Dodoo and Neil Thorpe School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Transport Operations Research Group (TORG)

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A Pavement Damage Based System For Charging HGVs For Their Use Of Road Infrastructure

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  1. A Pavement Damage Based System For Charging HGVs For Their Use Of Road Infrastructure Highways: cost and Regulation in Europe 26 – 27 November 2004, Bergamo Italy. Nii Amoo Dodoo and Neil Thorpe School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Transport Operations Research Group (TORG) University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

  2. Outline of Presentation • Introduction and Background • Factors Affecting Pavement Damage • Overview of Charging System • Development of System • Results of Initial Trials • Conclusions and Next Steps

  3. Background • EU transport policy • Closer relation between charges and costs • HGV Charging Systems • Various methods and systems but….

  4. Factors Affecting Pavement Damage Speed, distance GVW Axle forces Axle and tyre properties Pavement type, thickness, roughness • Vehicle Characteristics • Pavement Characteristics • Environmental Conditions

  5. HGV Charging Systems

  6. Overview of the System Cellular Tower GPS Satellites Back-Office System Digital Road Map Vehicle position, Dynamic axle forces, distance,speed, date&time Damage Tariff Tables Pavement Database On-Board Unit Bill Dynamic Axle Forces

  7. On-Board System Components Axle Weighing Unit On-board Unit

  8. Initial Field Trials • Description of Field Trials • Data processing procedure • Uploading of recorded data • Map-matching vehicle positions • Pavement properties of road links • Estimation of pavement damage

  9. Map-Matching Vehicle Positions

  10. Results from Map-Matching

  11. Pavement Properties of Map-Matched Road Links

  12. Sample of Axle Load Data

  13. Results of Initial Trials

  14. Potential Benefits of the System • Improved system for cost recovery • Knowledge on the occurrence of pavement damage • Improved loading practices • A more pavement-friendly HGV fleet

  15. Conclusions and Next Steps • Data requirements • Pavement database, data compatibility • Recruitment and equipping of additional HGVs for road trials • Evaluation of system and recommendations for future development

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