Today, a broad coalition of public health and safety groups, truck drivers, law enforcement, and families of truck crash victims joined U.S. Representative Jim McGovern (DMA) on Capitol Hill to oppose any increases to federal truck size and truck weight limits as Congress debates the next multi-billion dollar surface transportation reauthorization bill. Concerns about a dangerous and deadly policy change in federal law are heightened because the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is currently conducting a study on truck size and weights which has significant flaws and potential biases …
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Press
- Press Release – Broad Coalition Opposes Truck Size and Weight Increase (PDF Download)
- Media Advisory – Broad Coalition Opposes Truck Size and Weight Increases (PDF Download)
Statements
- Statement of Joan Claybrook (PDF Download)
- Jennifer Tierney (PDF Download)
- Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP, FNAPA, FACEP (E), Hon. FRSPH, Executive Director American Public Health Association (PDF Download)
- Bruce Gower, Clyde Police Chief (PDF Download)
- Mark Burton (PDF Download)
- Ed Slattery (PDF Download)
Fact Sheets
- Environmental Fact Sheet (PDF Download)
- Large Truck Fact Sheet (PDF Download)
Studies / Research
- 2011 Annual Fatalities and Injuries by Freight Mode Chart (PDF Download)
- Analysis of Truck Size and Weight: Phase I – Safety – Summary of Findings (PDF Download)
- Critique of US DOT Truck Size and Weight Limits Study (PDF Download)
- MAP-21 Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Study (PDF Download)
- Poll – “No!” to Truck Size and Weight Increases (PDF Download)
- Weight Comparison Graphic (PDF Download)