Green Opportunities for Manitoba’s Trucking Industry Terry Shaw Manitoba Trucking Association Bruce Duggan 50by30 & Providence’s Buller Centre for Business

Green Opportunities for Manitoba’s Trucking Industry

Terry ShawManitoba Trucking Association

Bruce Duggan50by30 & Providence’s Buller Centre for Business

IntroductionWhy are we asking for this?

Significant economic and environmental opportunity

Current stateEnvironmental impacts

Equipment contextIndustry desires

Desired stateHow do we get there?

Conclusion

Green Opportunities for Manitoba's Trucking Industry






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14,889 trucks1,528,445,926 km

365 daysrepeat





14,889 trucks1,528,445,926 km

365 daysrepeat





14,889 trucks1,528,445,926 km 365 days

repeat





14,889 trucks1,528,445,926 km

365 daysrepeat





14,889 trucks1,528,445,926 km

365 daysrepeat







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Proposal - Elements

Regulatory1. Long Vehicle

Combinations

2. New Generation Wide-Base Tires

3. Full Length Boat Tails

Fiscal1. PST exemption on

aftermarket purchases

2. Grants defraying part of the cost of fuel-efficiency technologies

3. Loan guarantees or a PAYS-like program







Conclusion


100

200

300 PJ

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

total energy used

fossil fuel energy used

energy used for transportation

energy used to transport freight by road

Context

Manitoba Energy Use

Manitoba Trucking Efficiency Initiative

0

3

6

9

12 Mt CO2e

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

greenhouse gases produced

GHGs produced by road freight transport

Context

Manitoba Greenhouse Gases


1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

2

4

6

8

10 billion tonne-kilometers

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Context

Manitoba Road Freight Transportation


0

1

2

3

4

5 MegaJoules per tonne-kilometer

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010

Context

Manitoba Road Freight Energy Efficiency


Proposal

“Opportunities to Partner with the Manitoba Trucking Industry on GHG Reduction”• Prepared in response to “Tomorrow Now,

Manitoba’s Green Plan”, a policy document of the Government of Manitoba.

• Co-authored and jointly submitted by the Manitoba Trucking Association and 50by30.

• Submitted April 2014 to Manitoba government


Proposal - Goal

“double-green”• increase potential for profit in Manitoba trucking

industry by improving efficiency- reduce MegaJoules per tonne-kilometer

• reduce GHG emissions from road freight transportation- in Manitoba

- everywhere Manitoba trucks haul freight


Proposal - Elements

Regulatory1. Long Vehicle

Combinations


3. Full Length Boat Tails

Fiscal1. PST exemption on

aftermarket purchases

2. Grants defraying part of the cost of fuel-efficiency technologies

3. Loan guarantees or a PAYS-like program



goal: to permit NGWBT on select MB roads• all roads classified by MIT as RTAC routes

- http://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/mcd/mcpd/mhcs.html

• by “NGWBT” we mean 445 & 455, or wider


http://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/mcd/mcpd/mhcs.html

http://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/mcd/mcpd/mhcs.html


Material reviewed:• Pierre et al. (2003) “Characterization and Evaluation of Tire-Roadway Interface Stresses” (a

translation of “The Laval Study”)

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2004) “Single wide-based tires”

• Al-Qadi et al. (2004) “Pavement damage due to different tires and vehicle configurations”

• Bachman et al. (2005) “Effect of single wide tires and trailer aerodynamics on fuel economy and NOx emissions of class 8 line-haul tractor-trailers”

• Knowles & Synectics (2008) “Analysis of the economic costs and benefits related to increasing the Ontario weight allowance for new-generation wide base single truck tires”

• Ponniah & Hass (2008) “Single wide-base tires in Ontario: Potential pavement damage cost analysis”

• Al-Qadi & Wang (2009) “Evaluation of pavement damage due to new tire designs”

• Surcel & Jokai (2010) “Evaluating components of the Canadian Trucking Alliance's enviroTruck concept”

• Grellet et al (2013?) “Comparison between wide base single tire and dual tires assembly based on experimental pavement response and predicted damage”

• Weaver et al (2011-2015) “The impact of wide-base tires on pavement damage: A national study”Manitoba Trucking Efficiency Initiative

https://apps.ict.illinois.edu/projects/getfile.asp?id=3007

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/projects/projectsdb/projectdetails.cfm?projectid=FHWA-PROJ-11-0032









variable effect

fuel efficiency improved

resource consumption reduced

cost to truck owner reduced

waste production reduced

GHG emissions reduced

noise reduced

effect on RTAC roads mixed

• fatigue damage • perhaps somewhat negative

• subgrade rutting • perhaps somewhat negative

• top-down cracking • positive

• near-surface cracking • positive

• hot-mix asphalt rutting • positive



Effect on pavement, best current knowledge:• Al-Qadi & Wang (2009) “Evaluation of pavement damage

due to new tire designs”• https://apps.ict.illinois.edu/projects/getfile.asp?id=3007

- Wide-base tire causes greater fatigue damage and subgrade rutting than dual-tire assembly

» However, the relative damage ratios between various configurations at the same load decrease as the pavement thickness increases.

- Wide-base tire causes less top-down cracking, “near-surface” cracking, and HMA rutting damage than dual-tire assembly

- Using a wide-base 455 tire results in the least amount of pavement damage for an interstate road, slightly greater damage for a primary road, and more damage for a local road.




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Green Opportunities for Manitoba’s Trucking Industry Terry Shaw Manitoba Trucking Association Bruce Duggan 50by30 & Providence’s Buller Centre for Business