MnDOT's Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations (OFCVO) is preparing to develop a scope of work to design and implement new online systems. To inform the review of system alternatives, selected state departments of transportation and other state agencies received a survey that examined the agencies' systems and practices for online issuance and management of OS/OW permits and motor carrier credentials. This Transportation Research Synthesis provides the findings of that survey along with the results of a limited literature search.
This Transportation Research Synthesis (TRS) focuses on systems aimed primarily at trucks or at both trucks and autos, with an eye to literature that describes not only the VMT pricing system itself, but also the outcomes of the system, such as cost reductions (travel time savings), improved travel time reliability and greater productivity.
The Local Road Research Board would like to examine the costs and benefits of increased weight limits, and to consider how counties and cities in Minnesota can prepare for the impacts of future weight limit increases at the federal or state level. To assist in this effort, CTC & Associates prepared this Transportation Research Synthesis, which reviews recent research on infrastructure impacts, traffic and safety impacts, roadway design considerations, environmental impacts, and other considerations, with an emphasis on the effects on local highways (those highways not a part of the state or national highway system).
