Laserfiche WebLink
allocated street maintenance costs attributed to trash and <br />recycling trucks would be reduced accordingly. <br />Options I Recommendations <br />✓ Require that haulers not load vehicles in excess of <br />manufacturer's recommendations or limitations <br />imposed by state or local vehicle weight restrictions <br />(see Appendix A for sample language). Require <br />haulers to implement an ongoing monitoring program <br />to assure compliance with that requirement; <br />✓ Require 2 fixed rear axles on all new vehicles. Require <br />full time use of pusher or tag axle on any existing <br />vehicles with a single fixed rear axle; <br />✓ Encourage the Police Department to more aggressively <br />monitor and enforce vehicle weight limits; <br />✓ Establish a street maintenance impact fee to provide <br />funding to offset pavement maintenance cost impacts <br />associated with trash collection services (see Appendix A <br />for sample contract language); <br />✓ Require co- collection vehicles9; and <br />✓ Implement a Districted Collection System or City -Wide <br />Contract for Services to reduce the number of <br />residential trash truck miles traveled and the <br />associated street maintenance impacts. <br />Air Quality / Vehicle Emissions <br />Background I Overview <br />The nation's trash truck fleet is huge, more than three times the <br />size of urban bus fleets, and nearly 100% dependent on diesel <br />fuel. That diesel fuel is often burned in old engines that operate <br />without state -of- the -art pollution controls. Trash trucks are also <br />one of the most fuel inefficient vehicles on the roads today, with <br />an average fuel efficiency of approximately 2.8 miles per gallon. <br />As a result, trash trucks are a major cause of air pollution in cities <br />across the country. Diesel engines have, however, gotten cleaner <br />since the late 1980's. In fact, with new federal emissions <br />standards diesel engines manufactured in the United States <br />starting with the 2007 model year are the cleanest in the world. <br />EPA Standards <br />In 2000, the EPA established stringent standards designed to <br />reduce emissions from on -road heavy -duty trucks and buses by <br />up to 95 percent and to cut the allowable levels of sulfur in diesel <br />e Co- Collection vehicles have split bodies that allow for collection of two <br />materials (e.g., trash and recyclables) in the same vehicle thereby <br />reducing the number of vehicle trips per street segment. <br />Review of Trash <br />Collection <br />Impacts <br />m <br />Section 2 - 7 <br />