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Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank Sidney Diamond, Program Manager, Office of Heavy Vehicle
Technologies, and James J. Eberhardt, Director, Office of Heavy Vehicle Technologies. We also
thank the other members of the Center for Transportation Research who helped with this study:
Rolando (Roy) Cuenca, Kenneth Wilund, Margaret Singh, and Michael Wang. In addition, we
thank Jules Routbort for facilitating contacts among the parties involved. The authors also thank
equipment vendors, trucking companies, and trucking organizations for their constructive
comments on the earlier draft.
thank the other members of the Center for Transportation Research who helped with this study:
Rolando (Roy) Cuenca, Kenneth Wilund, Margaret Singh, and Michael Wang. In addition, we
thank Jules Routbort for facilitating contacts among the parties involved. The authors also thank
equipment vendors, trucking companies, and trucking organizations for their constructive
comments on the earlier draft.