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Aug 4, 2008

LCVs * Canada - Nova Scotia launches long-combination vehicle pilot project

Halifax,NS,CAN -Truck News, by Adam Ledlow -1 Aug 2008: -- A pilot project in Nova Scotia will allow double 53-ft. semi-trailers to be hauled by a single tractor-trailer on selected stretches of highway... Officials are hoping that these long-combination vehicles (LCVs) will help increase business to the Port of Halifax, transloading facilities where shipments are transferred to and from trucks, and other transportation partners. The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal will assess the vehicles on selected four-lane highways... (Picture: A LCV)

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Jul 4, 2007

Long-Combination Vehicles * Canada - B.C. hitches up to highway pilot project

Long-combination vehicles have hit the highway between Burnaby and Kamloops under a new pilot project to evaluate the vehicles on provincial roads

Victoria,B.C.,USA -Truck News, by Steven Macleod -3 July 2007: -- ... said Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon, “Long-combination vehicles can haul about 40% more freight than regular trucks of this type and that means more efficient movement of goods, fewer trucks on our roads, and lower emissions”... The long-combination vehicle (LCV) – or Rocky Mountain Double – is a tractor and two semi-trailer combination that is six metres longer than standard vehicle combinations of this type... The pilot project is expected to run until the end of October and will see as many as eight LCVs on Highways 1 and 5 between Burnaby and Kamloops each day... (Photo: David Faust Collection of trucks)

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Jul 3, 2007

* Canada - Provinces look to hike vitamin LCV in highway diet

Toronto,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -2 July 2007: -- ... Long Combination Units (LCVs), for example, are common fixtures, with conditions, on highways in Alberta, B.C. Quebec, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, as well as 17 U.S. states, ­including the border states of Montana, New York and North Dakota. In Ontario however, they're a political hot potato, as regulators worry over the backlash from soccer moms afraid to drive next to trucks double in length... Ironically, Ontario and the Maritimes are two of the top jurisdictions that would benefit most from a turnpike double network in Canada, according to a new study commissioned by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) in cooperation with Natural Resources Canada, Transport Canada, and the Canada Safety Council, among others... The two-year study, conducted by third party consultants, involved the collection of live data from fleets all over the country that operate "turnpike doubles" -- a combo of two 53 ft or 48 ft trailer units...

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