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Connecting South Dakota and the Nation

Analysis of MDSS Benefits and Costs David Huft, South Dakota DOT MDSS Stakeholders Meeting #8 Falls Church, VA August 10, 2006. Connecting South Dakota and the Nation. Pooled Fund Study TPF-5(054) Project Partners. Colorado DOT Indiana DOT Iowa DOT Kansas DOT Minnesota DOT

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Connecting South Dakota and the Nation

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  1. Analysis of MDSSBenefits and CostsDavid Huft, South Dakota DOTMDSS Stakeholders Meeting #8 Falls Church, VA August 10, 2006 Connecting South Dakota and the Nation

  2. Pooled Fund StudyTPF-5(054) Project Partners • Colorado DOT • Indiana DOT • Iowa DOT • Kansas DOT • Minnesota DOT • New Hampshire DOT • North Dakota DOT • South Dakota DOT(lead state) • Wyoming DOT • Federal Highway Administration • Meridian Environmental Technology

  3. Safety User costs Work hours Material use Equipment use Environmental impact ? Software Instrumentation Data processing Training Management ? Potential Benefits & Costs

  4. Study Objectives • Describe the essential functions of a winter MDSS. • Describe the resources needed to supply the essential functions of an MDSS. • Characterize and estimate the costs of deploying MDSS in state transportation departments. • Characterize and estimate the benefits of deploying MDSS in state transportation departments.

  5. Study Tasks • Meet with project’s technical panel • Interview stakeholders, identify: • identify objectives for MDSS deployment • potential costs and benefits • data sources for formal benefit/cost analysis • Define a detailed analysis methodology • Estimate tangible benefits and costs of MDSS deployment alternatives evaluate the risk • Characterize intangible benefits and costs

  6. Study Tasks • Report findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the project’stechnical panel. • Develop outreach materials suitable for distribution to elected officials and state DOT decision makers • Prepare a final report of research methodology, findings, conclusions and recommendations. • Make an executive presentation to the project’s technical panel and provide electronic copies

  7. Pooled Fund StudyTimeline (simplified) Assess States’ Needs, Readiness 2002 Evaluate Functional Prototype 2003 Develop MDSS Software 6-State Limited Deployment 2004 Refine Pooled Fund MDSS Validation Studies 2005 8-State Field Trials 2006 Extensive Deployment B/C Analysis 2007 Full Deployment

  8. For More Information: Contact David L. Huft SDDOT Office of Research 700 East Broadway Pierre, SD 57501-2586 Phone: 605.773.3358 Fax: 605.773.4713 dave.huft@state.sd.us

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