Rest Area Condition

About the measures

Rest areas support the economy by facilitating tourism. Rest areas also promote the safety of the system by providing safe stops, supplying information to travelers, and reducing driver fatigue. MnDOT’s rest area building assessments includes detailed components such as walls, doors, and HVAC systems. MnDOT uses a scoring criteria matrix and customer feedback to help identify specific areas in need of the most improvement and target project investments accordingly. Rest area facilities conditions are assessed on a three-year cycle in which about one-third of buildings are assessed each year. MnDOT is currently in the third year of a three-year cycle and is assessing 16 rest area facilities.

Data source: Statewide Rest Area Program

Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan: Safety

These measures help us gauge how well MnDOT and our partners are doing the following:

Safeguarding transportation users as well as the communities the system travels through.
Applying proven strategies to reduce fatalities and serious injuries for all mode.
Fostering a culture of transportation safety in Minnesota.

Where we want to go

MnDOT's goal is to have less than 4% of rest area buildings in poor condition.