i] Traffic Safety Facts: Large Trucks, NHTSA reports from 2002-2011, DOT HS 809 608 (2002), DOT HS 809 763 (2003), DOT HS 809 907 (2004), DOT HS 810 619 (2005), DOT HS 810 805 (2006), DOT HS 810 989 (2007), DOT HS 811 158 (2008), DOT HS 811 388 (2009), DOT HS 811 628 (2010), DOT HS 811 752 (2011), available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/CATS/listpublications.aspx?Id=16&ShowBy=Category.
[ii] Traffic Safety Facts: Large Trucks, NHTSA reports from 2002-2011.
[iii] Traffic Safety Facts 2011 Data: Large Trucks, NHTSA, Apr. 2013, DOT HS 811 752, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811752.pdf.
[iv] Traffic Safety Facts 2011 Data: Large Trucks, NHTSA, Apr. 2013, DOT HS 811 752, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811752.pdf.
[v] Traffic Safety Facts 2011 Data: Large Trucks, NHTSA, Apr. 2013, DOT HS 811 752, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811752.pdf.
[vi] Traffic Safety Facts 2010 Data: large Trucks, NHTSA, Jun. 2012, DOT HS 811 628, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811628.pdf.
[vii] Traffic Safety Facts 2011 Data: Large Trucks, NHTSA, Apr. 2013, DOT HS 811 752, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811752.pdf.
[viii]Commercial Motor Vehicle Facts-March 2013, FMCSA, available at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/documents/facts-research/CMV-Facts.pdf.
[ix] Memo Re: Increasing the legal weight for trucks in the U.S., Lake Research Partners, May 7, 2013, available athttp://www.trucksafety.org/images/sts2013/sts2013-lr-memo-tsc.pdf.
[x] Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 49 Part 571 Section 121: Standard No. 121 Air brake systems (FMVSS 121).
[xi] Roadside Inspections, Vehicle Violations: All Trucks Roadside Inspections, Vehicle Violations (2012 – Calendar), FMCSA, available athttp://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SafetyProgram/spViolation.aspx?rpt=RDVV.
[xii] Motor Carrier Safety Progress Report (as of 12/31/12), FMCSA, available at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/art-safety-progress-report.htm.
[xiii] Q&A Large Trucks: Who dies in crashes involving large trucks?, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), Mar. 2013, available athttp://www.iihs.org/research/qanda/trucks.aspx.
[xiv] Equivalent Single Axle Load, Pavement Interactive, Aug. 15, 2007, available at http://www.pavementinteractive.org/article/equivalent-single-axle-load/.
[xv] 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), available athttp://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/.
[xvi] Average Annual Capital Investment Levels for Road and Bridge Investment Scenarios Until 2028, ASCE 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, available at http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/a/#e/road-and-bridge-scenarios.
[xvii] Effect of Truck Weight on Bridge network Costs, NCHRP Report 495, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, 2003, available at http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/nchrp/nchrp_rpt_495.pdf.
[xviii] Bridges: Investment and Funding, ASCE 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure, available athttp://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/a/#p/bridges/investment-and-funding.
[xix] 2000 Federal Highway User Fee Equity Ratios, Addendum to the 1997 Federal Highway Cost Allocation Study Final Report, FHWA, May 2000, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/hcas/addendum.htm.
[xx] Report of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, Transportation for Tomorrow, Dec. 2007, available athttp://www.dot.state.oh.us/groups/tft/Appendix%20B/General%20Articles/National%20Surface%20Transportation%20Policy%20and%20Revenue%20Study%20Commission.pdf.
[xxi] Traffic Safety Facts 2011 Data: Large Trucks, NHTSA, Apr. 2013, DOT HS 811 752, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/811752.pdf; Trends in Large Truck Crashes, NHTSA, DOT HS 806 690, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/809-690.PDF.
[xxii] Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, analysis of for-hire truck registrations in the Truck Inventory and Use Survey / Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey, FHWA data, and Maine-Vermont Pilot Program data.
[xxiii] Transportation Energy Data Book: Edition 31, U.S. Department of Energy, Jul. 2012, available athttp://cta.ornl.gov/data/tedb31/Edition31_Full_Doc.pdf.
[xxiv] Western Uniformity Scenario Analysis: A Regional Truck Size and Weight Scenario Requested by the Western Governor’s Association, Apr. 2004, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/otps/truck/wusr/wusr.pdf.