Economic Benefits of Truck Weight and Safety Enforcement Improvements

The objective of this project is to identify the specific quantitative return on investment dollar for dollar of a weigh station, a weigh in motion system, a weigh scale, a virtual enforcement site, a pull off, and weight and safety enforcement operations in general that would definitely help MnDOT and the State Patrol to articulate the value of investing in these areas in the future.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $195,577.00
• Contract Numbers:

  1036218

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute, College Station

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135
• Principal Investigators:

  Walubita, Lubinda

• Start Date: 20200820
• Expected Completion Date: 20220731
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Return on investment; Weigh in motion; Weigh in motion scales; Weigh stations
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727576
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036218
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 14 2020 11:33AM