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As a supplement to the rural mailboxes brochure, the following information was provided by the City of Eagan as an example to provide guidance for urban mailbox installation. The city developed the following documents to educate the city council and residents on the need for proper mailbox installation: - Standard Plate – Mail and Paper box installation guidelines - Memo to Mayor and City Councilmembers – Summary of need to standardize mailboxes to reduce damage due to winter maintenance. - Resident notice flyer – sent to residents with non-complying mailboxes notifying them of the need to modify their mailbox to avoid damage due to winter maintenance.

This presentation was created to accompany Report 2016-34A, System Preservation Guide: A Planning Process for Local Government Management of Transportation Networks, published in 2016.

Multiple jurisdictions within Minnesota process oversize/overweight (OSOW) permits for the movement of freight on state roadways; county roads; and municipal and township streets. Movement of freight has increased in recent years to help support economic trends and construction needs. These moves often require haulers to offload from state roadways onto the county or municipal and township roadways for final delivery; causing pinch points (i.e.; construction; vertical clearance issues; etc.) which may negatively impact the forecast life cycles of both roads and bridges. With haulers moving across roadway authorities; there is a desire to develop a unified process to support OSOW permits. This report outlines the feasibility of implementing an OSOW unified permitting process (UPP); to be used by multiple roadway authorities; allowing a "one-stop-shop" for haulers and permitting agencies.

The purpose of the System Preservation Guide is to demonstrate useful methods to address preservation needs at the local level. Assisted by MnDOT staff, engineers and commissioners from five pilot counties (Anoka, Dakota, Stearns, Freeborn, and Otter Tail) served as working laboratories to test various preservation tools, methods, strategies, and communication techniques. The county engineers, by serving on the study's Advisory Committee, also shared their experiences and guided additional applied research activities on methods they found most useful. A number of analysis tools, available technical resources/data, effective communication techniques, and eight specific preservation initiatives were explored during the study process. The results of these initiatives were documented by case studies and well received by county engineers and their commissioners. In some cases significant positive impacts on preservation needs have already been realized. For example, as a direct outcome of this work, four of the five counties substantially increased local revenue dedicated to system preservation. Other non-revenue raising preservation strategies, will take longer to realize results and may be harder to quantify, but county engineers feel all will beneficially contribute to addressing their needs. From their involvement in the system preservation study process, pilot county engineers believe important best practices, and lessons learned were realized that are of value to other practitioners; these are enumerated in the study. The accomplishments achieved by the pilot counties are noteworthy, and their experiences and lessons learned using the Preservation Guide merit sharing among peer practitioners.

This spreadsheet was created as part of Report 2010RIC02, " Sign Retroreflectivity - A Minnesota Toolkit." It contains blank versions of forms used in evaluating sign retroreflectivity.

This form letter was created as part of Report 2010RIC02, "Sign Retroreflectivity - A Minnesota Toolkit." It is meant to be sent by County Engineers to small local agencies within their county, to notify them of requirements and resources.

This form letter was created as part of Report 2010RIC02, "Sign Retroreflectivity - A Minnesota Toolkit." It was created to be sent by other agencies as a follow-up to the County letter, to stress the importance of addressing FHWA requirements.

Due to increased traffic congestion and reduced budgets, National Road Research Alliance (NRRA) states are seeking effective rehabilitation techniques for older concrete pavements. Unbonded concrete overlays have a successful history as a rehabilitation option, and there is interest by NRRA member states to assemble information on best practices for the design, construction, and maintenance that relate to field performance. The goal of this project is to produce a brief technical document synthesizing the design, construction, maintenance, best practices, and performance observations of unbonded concrete overlays in NRRA member states.

In addition to people walking, people bicycling are our most vulnerable roadway users; they are most at risk of serious injury or death when they are involved in motor vehicle-related crashes. Local, county, regional and state transportation agencies play an important role in providing and maintaining safe and comfortable bicycle facilities. Planners and engineers must consider many factors when choosing and designing an appropriate facility for the roadway and land use context. This Quick Reference Guide was informed by a survey of local agencies’ bicycle facility design practices, questions and concerns. It is intended to demystify common questions about appropriate facility selection and design to help practitioners confidently implement low-stress bicycle transportation networks. The Guide provides information on the variety of bicycle facility selection and design guidance documents available and identifies which to use as primary resources in Minnesota.

Base stabilization entails mixing a stabilizing additive into an acceptable base aggregate material, imported with or without recycled material or from reclaimed hot-mix asphalt (HMA), creating a new bound pavement layer. The fundamental value of stabilizing base materials is achieving similar pavement structures more economically. Stabilizing base aggregates can allow pavement designers to develop stronger, deeper pavement structures with reduced subcut depths and thinner surfacing lifts of HMA.