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Trucking association proposes shared municipal road-weight data and local enforcement to limit errant routes and noisy trucks
Summary
The Vermont Truck and Bus Association suggested creating a shared data feed of municipal road restrictions to improve routing software accuracy and urged local enforcement on noise and weight violations.
William (Bill) Smith, lobbyist for the Vermont Truck and Bus Association, told the Senate Transportation Committee on Jan. 24 that GPS and mapping services sometimes route large trucks onto roads that are inappropriate because municipal weight limits and permit needs are not reflected in mapping datasets.
Smith said the state DMV's electronic permitting system could provide a data stub municipalities use to share local road restrictions and weight limits with mapping and routing vendors. He said better data sharing could reduce wrong-way or wrong-road deliveries and avoid damage to local roads and costly permits or fines.
On noise complaints, Smith and committee members discussed engine braking (so-called "Jake brakes") as a common source of community noise. Smith said newer trucks are quieter and better maintained, and he offered the association's help to investigate specific complaints and work with enforcement partners.
Ending: Smith invited towns and committee members to have a follow-up conversation and encouraged municipalities to coordinate permitting and road-limit data with DMV and mapping services to reduce routing errors and enforcement issues.
