•new approaches for state and regional permitting
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New Technology Solutions for State and Regional Permitting of
Oversize/Overweight CargoCarol Davis, TxDOT Motor Carrier Division Director
Chair - WASHTO Committee on Hwy TransportApril 2011
Artificial barriers to obtaining permits = safety & infrastructure issues, increased costs, economic impacts (jobs to China), decreased compliance & fee collections Risks of manual permitting & routing Inefficiencies Lack of uniformity between states and regions –
we’re on different pages regarding OS/OW cargo and permitting Demand reflects economy
Challenges from State Perspective
Challenges from State Perspective
TxDOT OS/OW Permits Issued
580,415
543,788
522,639
554,276527,453
500,522480,000
500,000
520,000
540,000
560,000
580,000
600,000
FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011(proj)
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WASHTO and WRP
Education and outreach – both internal (DOT’s) and external (carriers, shippers, municipalities, etc). Developing and implementing a WASHTO
committee work plan with short & long range goals Western Regional Permitting Agreement expansion Provides a roadmap for uniformity and beyond Efforts to advance issues to higher levels of state
DOTs Helps justify state participation in uniformity efforts
New technology solutions
Addressing the Challenges
TxPROS Background Automates majority of routing - manual
processes use customized paper maps & online resources Existing state permitting/routing systems did not
meet requirements (“active” versus “passive” routing) Used vendor that has “real world” routing
experience in motor carrier industry, IFTA, etc.
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TxPROS Background Designed from ground up with extensive
customer input Map augments with TeleAtlas data quarterly Uses available TxDOT system data + geo-coded
Permit Map data Does not analyze bridges (low ROI) but “pulls”
bridges for analysis Texas has 90,000 miles of centerline, 50,000
bridges and between 2,000 and 2,500 permit restrictions at any given time Four years and $1.6 million later…
TxDOT Benefits Risk Reduction Improves safety for traveling public, protection of
infrastructure & transported loads Reduces manual mapping and routing errors Permit restrictions updated real-time with “New
Restriction Alerts” for active permits Increased compliance (and associated fee collections)
due to improved service levels Improved reporting capabilities - OS/OW traffic by road
segment, bridge, emerging corridors, etc. Improves ability to plan/target maintenance dollars Test Restrictions for “What If” scenarios
Increased Efficiency Routing in seconds versus minutes or hours Self-serve permitting/routing for majority of customers Permit Specialists can focus on more difficult permits Fewer help desk calls & amendments Potential to move some FTEs to Compliance/Enforcement
Self Reliance versus Vendor Reliance MCD ability to change/add tables with permit types, fees,
system and help verbiage, Permit Wizard, etc. Manage queues and staff queue assignments
Implications for Western Regional (WASHTO) and cross-regional (SASHTO, MVA, etc.) permitting & routing uniformity, corridor demo projects
TxDOT Benefits
Reduced permit turnaround times – auto issue for “normal” OS/OW loads Routing consistency when submitting multiple loads “Google-style” turn-by-turn directions Manage own accounts, users, yards, financials,
equipment inventory, contract information Restrictions shown on map versus text in tables Save/clone permits and routes Generate bid routes Reporting functionality Permit Wizard for less experienced customers to
navigate 27 different permit types
Customer Benefits
Continued testing of permitting functionality, MCD staff tasks, tie up loose ends Stress testing mid-April Soft launch (live permits issued by customer
workgroup) late April Incorporate soft launch customer feedback Hard launch late May Marketing, communication & education plan
implementation over next 3 months
Schedule
TxDOT Dashboard
Customer Dashboard
by street address, intersection, border crossing, select on map, via points Ownership & contact
info for off-system roads
Routing
Route Red areas
are restrictions effecting this particular load & route
Restriction Details
Turn-by-turn Directions
Save, Pay and Self-Issue, or Submit for Alternate Routing
