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

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

Mission 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. Spring Conference – 2010

Goals 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. Spring Conference – 2010

Fall Conference Recap Committee’s fifth meeting since establishment of the Mississippi Valley Committee on Highway Transport October of the 10 MVC states in attendance 37 attendees!

Recommendations The Industry would like to see: Need for constant and productive dialogue between government and industryUniformity 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 Spring Conference – 2010

Website Posting meeting minutes, links to each MS Valley state, conference info, work zones for each state, discussion threads

mississippivalleycommittee.com.

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Mississippi Valley Permit Production State Michigan107,279104,185 88,644 Iowa123,156107,970106,064 Missouri154,141156,586131,838 Kentucky 97,582110,915 98,026 Minnesota 63,187 88,332107,764 Kansas117,098116,538 93,460 Illinois245,000252,000201,000 Wisconsin 62,873 55,853 55,754 IndianaNot Available287,830256,517

Compared to 2009 Permits Issued Michigan17% Decrease 14% Decrease Iowa13% Decrease 1.7% Decrease Missouri14% Decrease 15% Decrease Kentucky0.45% Increase11% Decrease Wisconsin11% Decrease0.1% Decrease Illinois17% Decrease20% Decrease Minnesota70% Increase21% Increase Kansas20% Decrease19% Decrease IndianaN/A10% Decrease

StateTOTALAuto IssuedPercent Missouri131,83821, Illinois201,00058, Minnesota107,76447, Wisconsin 62,87319,

Tandem Axle Weights Uniformity 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 Spring Conference – 2010

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.

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.

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

Iowa One Stop Shop Request for proposal of a n ew automated routing permit system was issued the 1 st 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 28 th. Starting June 14 th 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.

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.

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