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Impact of HB-1481 on Indiana's highway revenue generation, asset degradation, modal distribution, and economic development and competitiveness.

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    The Indiana House Enrolled Act 1481 (HEA‐1481) requires that the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) delivers the HEA‐1481 study by  ; December 31, 2014. This will precede the adoption of final rules for the issuance, fee structure, and enforcement of permits for overweight  ; divisible loads; a fee structure of permits for loads on extra heavy duty highways; and a fee structure of permits for overweight loads. On  ; December 26, 2013, INDOT adopted the Emergency Rules regarding these items, as required by HEA‐1481, which became effective January 1,  ; 2014. HEA‐1481 requires INDOT to use the results of this impact study to inform the setting of the final rules. Three different fee structures were  ; considered: Pre‐HEA‐1481 fee structures that were in place prior to HEA‐1481; Interim Policy fee structures that were in place between June 1,  ; 2013 and December 31, 2013; and the Emergency Rules that took effect January 1, 2014 and superseded the above two fee structures. INDOT  ; commissioned this study to evaluate the impacts of overweight divisible load permits on revenue, asset consumption, alternative transportation  ; modes, and Indiana’s economic development and economic competitiveness relative to other Midwestern states.   ; The results of the analysis indicate that overall, the overweight commodities divisible permit structure arising from HEA‐1481 is not expected  ; to dramatically change the consumption of Indiana’s pavement and bridge assets, but it will lead to a slight increase in the revenue collected per  ; permit  and  a slight  decrease  in the  gap  between  consumption  and revenue. However, the  gap between revenue  and  consumption  is still  ; significant: for the pre‐HEA‐1481 and the Emergency Rule periods, the consumption‐revenue gaps were estimated as approximately $33 million  ; and $30 million, respectively. From an operations standpoint of mobility and safety, it was estimated that HEA‐1481 will have an ambiguous  ; impact due to the twin but opposing effects of traffic impairment and trips reduction associated with overweight vehicles; the net effect depends  ; on the prevailing  characteristics of the traffic stream and extent of overweight  loading. Also, using  FHWA’s Intermodal Transportation and  ; Inventory Cost (ITIC) analysis tool, it was found that HEA‐1481 will lead to little or no shift in the modal share across truck and rail but a significant  ; shift across the specific configurations of vehicles used in trucking operations. HEA‐1481 is expected to increase the economic competitiveness of  ; trucking operations in Indiana compared to the pre‐HEA 1481 era, and in some cases, compared to other Midwestern states. Finally, HEA‐1481 is  ; expected to increase economic development at least in the long term by reducing the cost of transporting commodities by highways, an essential  ; expenditure item of many major businesses in Indiana.   ; Overall, HEA‐1481 is expected to help protect the highway bridge and pavement infrastructure by providing incentives for less‐damaging  ; loading behavior, reduce the gap between revenue and consumption, increase the economic competitiveness of trucking operations relative to  ; other states, and provide a more industry‐friendly environment for increased economic development in the state of Indiana. 
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