Truck Transportation of Hazardous Materials - A National Overview

PDFTech ReportDOT-TSC-RSPA-87-8Automobiles by typeChemicalsHazardous materialsPetroleumStatisticsTon milesTruckingUnited StatesUnited States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs AdministrationMaio, Domenic J.Liu, Tai-KuoJohn A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)United States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Special Programs AdministrationAGR-IMPACTS-EnvironmentNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTNTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Hazardous Materials TransportationNTL-FREIGHT-Trucking IndustryVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterThe primary objective of the effort has been to provide Government regulators and policy-makers with (a) an estimate of the aggregate national volume of hazardous chemical and petroleum products transportation in trucks, (b) a profile of the truck fleet involved in hazardous materials transport, and (c) the geographical distribution of the transport activity. After defining data sources and methods, hazardous chemical and petroleum products transport is quantified in terms of total tons, ton-miles, and haul distances. Truck transport categories include domestic production from U.S. plants, imports from ports of entry, and distribution from regional storage facilities. Next, the report characterizes the truck fleet involved in hazardous materials is then presented graphically, with traffic pattterns mapped in terms of major highway corridors. Finally, trends in truck transport of hazardous chemical and petroleum products since 1977 are analyzed