hvtt14 ntc pbs - nov 2016
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HVTT14 – Future Pathways
Allowing truck and trailers at Performance Based Standards (PBS)
mass limitsSri Kannan
National Transport CommissionAustralia
National Transport Commission (NTC)
The NTC is an independent statutory body.
We develop national transport reforms that improve productivity, safety and environmental outcomes across Australia’s road, rail and intermodal transport networks.http://www.ntc.gov.au/
Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL)
Australian freight task
218 Billion tonne-kms
Introduction & overview
Heavy vehicle National Law – vehicle types and access provisions
What is the PBS scheme?
What is the problem?
How did we solve it?
Lessons
NTC project to standardise popular PBS designs to regulations
PBS APPROVED
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P1. How does Australia regulate its heavy vehicle sector?
HVNL
P1. Heavy vehicle classifications
General access (19m, 42.5t, access all roads)
B-double (25m, 62.5t, B-double network)
Road train (Up to 53.5m, 172.5t, RT network)
Images Courtesy: NHVR
P1. Access to heavy vehicles
Complying vehicle types
Asof right
Permit
Notice
All complying vehicles
Individual operators
P2. What is the PBS scheme?
AlternativeRegulatory
systemSafety
Productivity
Promoteinnovation
Performancebased
Environment& Society
P2. PBS Standards
3. Manoeuvrability: Low Speed
2. Manoeuvrability: High Speed
4. Infrastructure
Safety1. Powertrain
P2. PBS Access
PBS access Level
PBS maximum length Class ‘A’
PBS maximum length Class ‘B’
HVNL access level
HVNL maximum length
Level 1 20m General access 19m
Level 2 26m 30m B-Double network 25m
Level 3 36.5m 42m RT Type 1 36.5m
Level 4 53.5m 60m RT Type 2 53.5m
PBS maximum permissible lengths and access levels
HVNL maximum permissible lengths and
access levels
Maximum PBS mass limits = sum of maximum permissible individual axle group mass limits
P2. PBS – ExpectationsHow it was designed to work
How it works
Vehicle PBS approval Network access
Vehicle PBS approval Route assessment
Permits Route access
SA VIC
NSW
ACT
Currently needs permits
P3. Simplifying the PBS processPBS process under the HVNL
Blueprints
Manufacturer self certification under
development
P3. Simplifying the PBS process
Is there scope for improving productivity and access
certainty without PBS? NTC Project
Simplified PBS process and reduced assessment times
25% in 2016
1% in 2010
Percent of PBS vehicles in the heavy vehicle fleet
P4. NTC project7 axle truck and trailer combination
HVNL 42.5t Notice 50.5t PBS 57.5t
P4. NTC projectConsider moving a popular vehicle type out of PBS• Only 5% PBS approved in the truck and dog fleet• Offer 20% additional payload• 6 and 7 axle vehicle types investigated
7 axle truck and trailer combination
HVNL 42.5t
Notice 50.5t
PBS 57.5t
P4. Vehicle specification envelopes
• Constrain truck and trailers to safe configuration with the aid of PBS standards
• Provides mass and dimension limits • Performance based design delivered in
simple easy to read format.
PBS data
Draft envelopes
PBSAssessment
ConsultationFinal envelopesENVELOPES
Key information• Vehicle dimension, mass
and build requirements• Easy to read and
understand
P4. Vehicle specification envelopes
OAL 20m
• Overall length up to 20.0m (Prescriptive limit 19.0m)
P4. Vehicle specification envelopes
Firstattempt tostandardise
Worstcase
exceptsuspensions
and tyres
Multiple envelope
sTrade-
offs
Practically safe Vs
fully complian
t
Access options: HVNL or notices
HVNL: • Truck and trailers not easy
to prescribe in the regulations
• Comprehensive process, inflexible
• Provides access certainty
P4. Implementation
Notices:• Flexible • Road managers may
impose additional conditions or restrict network
• Local government consent
Agreement to implement via notices
P5. Lessons learned• Legislating PBS designs has merits, but…• Not all PBS designs are suitable• There is no one size fits all solution• Creating national notice is not a shortcut.
Understand the impact of legislating PBS designs and
how that affects the PBS scheme.
Further information
Sri KannanSenior Policy AnalystEmail [email protected]
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