PHOENIX, Ariz. — PrePass Safety Alliance (PSA) and PrePass are launching the fleet industry’s first-ever national benchmark report on weigh station bypass — Mile Marker 2026: The National Bypass Impact Index.
“Mile Marker 2026 shows why a national perspective is critical to measuring the full impact and benefits of weigh station bypass solutions,” said Mark Doughty, president, CEO of PrePass Safety Alliance. “States have traditionally tracked their own results, but bringing those datasets together reveal larger trends and opportunities that are only visible when you step back and see the big picture. By combining years of regional data, we’ve created an instrument that can guide smarter decisions, strengthen enforcement and compliance strategies, and demonstrate the value of effective public-private partnerships.”
Coast-to-Coast View
According to the PSA, as fleets face a volatile freight market and enforcement agencies work with limited resources, this new annual report delivers a coast-to-coast view of how weigh station bypass technologies contribute to both efficiency and safety on U.S. roadways. Under current industry conditions, even small efficiencies can scale quickly across hundreds of inspection sites, making bypass options a practical strategy for improving traffic flow, saving time and money, and easing pressure on enforcement resources. This publication captures these impacts to help fleets, policy makers, and enforcement officials prioritize improvement, investment, and long-term planning across the fleet transportation industry.
Mile Marker 2026: The National Bypass Impact Index
The inaugural edition of the annual report focused entirely on weigh station bypass activities and draws on more than 1.16 billion events across 40 states to quantify the impact bypassing has on fleet efficiency, time savings, fuel consumption and emissions reduction.
From 1997 through January 2026, the report found that PrePass Bypass services generated measurable benefits across the trucking industry, including:
- 1.16 billion bypasses completed.
- $12 billion in operational cost saving.
- 136 million driver hours saved.
- 584 million gallons of fuel saved.
- 1 million metric tons of CO2e emissions avoided.
- $1.3 billion reinvested in weigh station infrastructure by the PrePass Safety Alliance.
Operational Benefits
“The new publication also serves as useful tool for fleet managers to measure their company’s operational benefits by providing industry bypass benchmarks to calculate drive time savings, fuel savings, operational cost savings and emissions reductions,” PSA said. “Mile Marker 2026 is significant because it reflects the scale of the PrePass network, which is one of the United State’s largest weigh station bypass providers. With more than 100,000 fleets using its solutions across a broad multi-state footprint, the organization is uniquely positioned to deliver meaningful analytics and actionable insights that can help industry stakeholders and commercial carriers alike operate more safely, efficiently, and cost effectively.”
Making Highways Safer
“The PrePass Safety Alliance continues to expand the infrastructure behind PrePass Bypass, North America’s most trusted weigh station bypass solution,” PSA said. “These technologies make highways safer for everyone, by allowing compliant fleets to bypass inspection sites, letting law enforcement focus on high-risk vehicles, resulting in more targeted inspections, fewer delays and better use of resources. When low-risk trucks keep moving, roads are less congested and predictable making them safer for everyone.”
Looking Ahead
Mile Marker 2026 also discusses how PrePass is positioning the industry for the future by expanding mobile bypass technology that will ultimately make screening services faster to deploy, less costly and more geographically flexible. It offers states a way to expand coverage across more locations while giving fleets more consistent bypass opportunities without the need for extra hardware, reducing delays and keeping freight moving.
“This report is significant because it turns years of state-level data into a nation-wide perspective that the industry has never had before,” Doughty said. “We hope it serves as key resource to inform conversations, guide fleet strategy, and improve both performance and safety out on the roadway.
Click here to access the index.
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