Completed freight plans and studies
Completed plans and studies (listed by modes in reverse chronological order) build on previous work to address existing freight transportation challenges.
Truck
- Truck Parking Availability System Study (Spring 2015)
- Truck GPS Study (February 2014)
- Minnesota Interstate Truck Parking Study - Phase II (November 2010)
- Using Archived Truck GPS Data for Freight Performance Analysis on I-94/I-90 from the Twin Cities to Chicago (October 2009)
- Minnesota Interstate Truck Parking Study - Phase I (January 2008)
- Minnesota Truck Size and Weight Project (June 2006)
- Minnesota Statewide Commercial Vehicle Weight Enforcement Strategic Plan (June 2005)
- Statewide Heavy Vehicle Safety Plan (June 2005)
- Trucks and Twin Cities Traffic Management (June 2005)
- Spring Load Restrictions: A Cost/Benefit Study (March 2005)
- Distillate Usage Patterns in Minnesota: Development of Data and Tools to Analyze Policies Affecting Biodiesel Usage (January 2005)
- Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) (June 2003)
- ISO 9000’s Effects on Accident Reduction in the U.S. Motor Carrier Industry(June 2003)
- Effects of Increasing Truck Weight on Steel and Prestressed Bridges (March 2003)
- Light Commercial Vehicle Inventory (November 1999)
Rail
- 2015 Statewide Rail Plan Update (Fall 2015)
- Rail Crossing Safety Improvement Study (December 2014)
- Freight Rail Economic Development (FRED) Study (December 2013)
- Southeast Minnesota Freight Rail Capacity Study (July 2013)
Waterways
- Statewide Ports and Waterways Plan (September 2014)
- Twin Modal Shifts from the Mississippi River & Duluth/Superior to Land Transportation (May 2004)
- Twin Ports Intermodal Terminal Study (July 2003)
Multimodal
- Manufacturers' Perspectives on Minnesota's Transportation System (Ongoing)
- Integrating Freight in Statewide Planning and Programming (2013)
- Central Minnesota Freight Study (PDF) (December 2012)
- Twin Cities Metro Area Regional Freight Initiative (2012)
- Twin Cities Freight Peer Exchange (PDF) (March 2011)
- Minnesota Comprehensive Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan (February 2010)
- Northern Minnesota / Northwestern Wisconsin Regional Freight Plan (November 2009)
- Western Minnesota Regional Freight Study (September 2009)
- Development of Measurement Sources for Freight Performance Indicators (July 2008)
- Southwest Minnesota Regional Freight Study (September 2007)
- Twin Cities Metro Area Freight Connectors Study (October 2006)
- 2005 Statewide Freight Plan (May 2005)
- Adequacy of Freight Connectors to Interregional Corridors and Major Highways (June 2003)
- Feasibility of a Shipper Panel to Measure Transportation Services (December 2002)
- Winona Intermodal Study (June 2002)
- Where Does Minnesota’s Grain Crop Go? An Analysis of Minnesota’s Elevator Grain Shipments for the Period, 7/99-6/00 (February 2002)
- Filling the Feed Troughs of Minnesota & Beyond (September 2001)
- Minnesota Statewide Freight Flows Study (April 2000)