MINNESOTA SHIPPERS AND STATE TRUCK SIZE/WEIGHT REGULATIONS: A REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Motor carriers face a number of regulations in carrying on their business. Trucks are typically regulated as to their length, width, height, load (in terms of gross vehicle weight), and axle weight. The purpose of these regulations is to promote public safety and protect the quality of road surfaces. Highway regulations affecting motor carriers are primarily a state-level responsibility in the United States. Minnesota has its own set of truck size and weight regulations as do neighboring states and Canadian provinces. Because states set their own regulations on truck size and weight, the commercial trucking industry measures the appropriateness of Minnesota regulations to a large extent based on their congruence with those in adjacent states. The object of this study is to determine the extent to which major shippers, the clients of commercial motor carriers, feel constrained by truck size and weight regulations in Minnesota and whether their needs are being met.Public Economics,

WESTERN COAL TRANSPORTATION RATES FOR MINNESOTA USERS

The objectives of this paper are to summarize the existing rates that determine the cost of transporting coal into Minnesota, to define the areas where there are no existing coal transportation rates and to provide a methodology for estimating the cost of transporting coal from the major producing areas to Minnesota users.Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

HISTORICAL FLOWS OF CORN, WHEAT AND SOYBEANS FROM MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA

Marketing,

MARKETING CONCEPTS APPLIED TO RECYCLABLE MATERIALS

Environmental Economics and Policy,

TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF FERTILIZER USED IN MINNESOTA

Crop Production/Industries,

THE ECONOMICS OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE MINNESOTA FARM ECONOMY

Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

AN ANALYSIS OF CANADIAN RAIL MOVEMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES USING THE 1992 PUBLIC USE WAYBILL SAMPLE

International Relations/Trade,

USE OF THE 1992 ICC PUBLIC USE WAYBILL SAMPLE TO ANALYZE CORN MOVEMENTS BY RAIL

Crop Production/Industries, Marketing,

RURAL ROADS, INVESTMENT AND DISINVESTMENT IN A MINNESOTA COUNTY

Public Economics,

A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF SEASON EXTENSION AND THE DULUTH-SUPERIOR ECONOMY

Community/Rural/Urban Development,