RESEARCH - UK - Bigger trucks bring bigger benefits
UK -Transport News Network -Apr 2005: -- Study Finds that the Benefits of Increasing Maximum Lorry Weight to 44 tonnes were Greater than Expected... which suggested that this measure would yield 'small, but significant' economic and environmental benefits. It predicted that greater consolidation of heavy loads would yield annual savings of: * 100 million vehicle-kms - * £60-80 million in road haulage costs (in 2000 prices) - * 80-100,000 tonnes of CO2... http://www.tnn.co.uk/research/plonearticle.2005-02-22.8566897269
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