Review article

The article discusses current approaches to the assessment of load-carrying auto-transport vehicles (ATV). The author point out that currently there does not exist any unified methodology that would consider all aspects of the freight transportation process, and the development of such technique remains relevant. A new approach to assessing the performance of the load-carrying vehicles` operation is proposed taking into account the productivity of the rolling stock, the cost of transportation, and the amount of damage to the road surface.