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Mississippi Valley Committee on Highway Transport

SCOHT– 2010. Mississippi Valley Committee on Highway Transport. “Overview” Debra Bradshaw. Fall Conference – 2009. Committee Chair – Vacant

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Mississippi Valley Committee on Highway Transport

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  1. SCOHT– 2010 Mississippi Valley Committee on Highway Transport “Overview” Debra Bradshaw Fall Conference – 2009

  2. Committee Chair – Vacant Vice Chair – Kathleen Nichols, WI Spring Conference – 2010

  3. The Mississippi Valley Committee on Highway Transport will be an advocate for oversize/overweight transportation issues by partnering with industry to promote uniformity of laws and regulations to allow for the efficient movement of goods while providing uninterrupted traffic flow and a safe transportation system among member states. Mission Spring Conference – 2010

  4. To provide representation for the central region of the nation in regard to highway transportation issues. To provide a forum for discussion and share best practices as it deals with statutes, regulations and industry requests. To promote ITS/CVO applications that result in efficient movement of goods and a safe transportation system. To communicate the work and recommendations of this committee to state DOTs, the motor carrier industry and other organizations. Goals Spring Conference – 2010

  5. Spring Conference – 2010 • Fall Conference Recap • Committee’s fifth meeting since establishment of the Mississippi Valley Committee on Highway Transport October 2007 • 6 of the 10 MVC states in attendance • 37 attendees!

  6. Spring Conference – 2010 Recommendations • The Industry would like to see: • Uniformity across the United States - Need for constant and productive dialogue between government and industry • Uniformity in the times weekend travel is allowed • Number of days their permits are good for • Closer superload weight categories

  7. Spring Conference – 2010 Website Posting meeting minutes, links to each MS Valley state, conference info, work zones for each state, discussion threads

  8. mississippivalleycommittee.com.

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  13. Mississippi Valley Permit Production State 2007 2008 2009 Michigan 107,279 104,185 88,644 Iowa 123,156 107,970 106,064 Missouri 154,141 156,586 131,838 Kentucky 97,582 110,915 98,026 Minnesota 63,187 88,332 107,764 Kansas 117,098 116,538 93,460 Illinois 245,000 252,000 201,000 Wisconsin 62,873 55,853 55,754 Indiana Not Available 287,830 256,517

  14. Compared to 2009 Permits Issued 20072008 Michigan 17% Decrease 14% Decrease Iowa 13% Decrease 1.7% Decrease Missouri 14% Decrease 15% Decrease Kentucky 0.45% Increase 11% Decrease Wisconsin 11% Decrease 0.1% Decrease Illinois 17% Decrease 20% Decrease Minnesota 70% Increase 21% Increase Kansas 20% Decrease 19% Decrease Indiana N/A 10% Decrease

  15. State TOTAL Auto Issued Percent Missouri 131,838 21,658 16.4 Illinois 201,000 58,000 28.8 Minnesota 107,764 47,676 44.2 Wisconsin 62,873 19,282 30.6

  16. Tandem Axle Weights Uniformity Spring Conference – 2010

  17. Spring Conference – 2010 • Successes • Pilot Car Task Force • WinnDOT Cross Border Initiative • Ohio efforts on divisible loads • Kansas RFP for new system • Increased size and weight limits for Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri • Weekend travel increase in Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin

  18. Kansas – • February 2010 Kansas signed a contract with Iteris to complete the needed Kansas Feasibility Study Report (FSR). Once State approval - is automated routing and permit system. Plans are to have this portion received from the FSR project, an RFP will be issued for the automated routing and permitting system application. • Kansas oversize/overweight committee continues to meet to revise the current rules and regulations.

  19. Illinois Continues to move forward with plans to implement route/bridge analysis automation with a tentative new date of Jan 1, 2011 and is considering eliminating faxed in applications for superloads. All permits will be processed electronically Missouri Missouri’s auto issued permits continue to rise. Currently averaging 53% auto issued. In the process of establishing more permit types that can be issued without agent intervention. Cross trained agents to assist in all areas of Motor Carriers Services programs.

  20. Michigan • Changing the way they do business… • All permits will be processed electronically • Reduced their processing time to obtain permits • In the design process for development of a • Superload bridge analysis program • Kentucky • Implementing new computer system • Creating a new Customer Service Center to field calls for all sections under Department of Vehicle Regulation • Streamline calls and improve customer service

  21. Iowa One Stop Shop Request for proposal of a new automated routing permit system was issued the 1st week of February Besides automating routing functions, the system will also check for OOS (Out of Service) carriers and vehicles; and check CVISN for registered weight. Bruce retired on May 28th. Starting June 14th changing hours of operation from 8 to 4:30 instead of 7 to 4:30. Also will not be accepting phoned in permit requests. All requests will be processed via on-line or faxed in.

  22. Minnesota – WINNDOT Initiative between WI and MN. Some coordinated activities completed last year are: A comprehensive comparison of MN and WI permit statutes and regulations Training of permit staff in each other’s permit systems Regular conference calls to discuss operational, cross-border issues. They also had two sessions of training for trucker drivers who work in both MN and WI.

  23. Fall Conference – 2009 Spring Conference – 2010 Questions? Debra Bradshaw MCS Compliance Supervisor MoDOT

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