An Assessment of the MCSAP’s Research and Development Efforts

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• Creators:
  Lantz, Brenda M. ; Barber, Jason T
• Corporate Creators:
  North Dakota State University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Commercial vehicles
  • Evaluation and assessment
  • Motor carriers
  • Safety programs
  • Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program
  • MCSAP
  • Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
  • ISTEA
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UGPTI Publication No. 117
• Resource Type:
  Organization Info
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Final Report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) provides funds for states to conduct various safety activities including roadside inspections of commercial vehicles and compliance reviews of motor carriers. In addition, the Secretary of Transportation has been directed by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991 to allocate no less than $500,000 in each fiscal year to conduct research and development technologies, methodologies, analyses, or information systems that are beneficial to all jurisdictions. As a result of this commitment, a tremendous amount of activity has taken place to benefit various jurisdictions. However, the degree to which this activity has been shared with applicable jurisdictions or been implemented by those jurisdictions has not been evaluated. The current project summarizes these previous activities and reviews them for the betterment of future research activities.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60404/dot_60404_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.65 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:39e676cf8db8ddacda277f24a8152ca0eff19ca2e7df30111d92b163e1df32b3