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ITS World Congress 2012
Weather-related Costs
•Direct costs to State DOTs are:
–$2 billion/yr on snow and ice control
–$5 billion/yr on snow & ice infrastructure repairs
•Indirect costs in terms of travel time delay for…
–all travelers is $11.6 billion/yr from snow/ice/fog
–the freight community is $8.7 billion/yr nationwide; $3.1 billion/yr in the 50 largest cities
•Considering lost wages, taxes and retail sales of a one-day shutdown, the costs are estimated to be $3.8 billion across 15 northern states
For the second major bullet:
•The costs to all travelers is from the ORNL study
•The freight costs are for all types of weather, not just snow, ice & fog.

The third major bullet is from the 2011 study by the American Highway Users Alliance entitled, “The Economic Costs of Disruptions from a Snowstorm.”