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State Highway Cost Allocation Studies (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 46-48

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... Attributable costs -- costs that are a function of vehicle size, weight, or other operating characteristics and therefore can be attributed to vehicle classes based on those characteristics. Average daily traffic -- average number of vehicles passing a given point or using a given highway per day.
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From page 47...
... Non-divisible load -- large pieces of equipment or materials that cannot be feasibly divided into smaller individual shipments. All states issue special permits for nondivisible loads that would otherwise violate state and federal gross vehicle weight, axle weight, and bridge formula limits.
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... 48 Vehicle miles of travel -- equal the sum of vehicles divided by the number of miles each vehicle travels within a time period. Vehicle registration fees -- fees charged for being allowed to operate a vehicle on public roads.
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Key Terms

  • vehicle classes
  • axle weight
  • vehicle class
  • highway costs
  • gross vehicle

  • average daily
  • road users
  • passenger car
  • cost allocation
  • equity refers

  • operating characteristics
  • reference unit
  • classes based
  • following federal
  • reports data

  • maintenance standards
  • lightest vehicle
  • loads times
  • vehicle registration
  • rise rapidly

  • fair treatment
  • miles traveled
  • federal gross
  • analytical process
  • otherwise violate

  • additional load
  • current activities
  • legal avoidance
  • maintenance moves
  • single axle


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