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5. Impact on Roads <br />• Data available relating a garbage truck to other types of <br />vehicles <br />• Equivalent Single Axle Load (ESAL) <br />• MnDOT uses a formula of one garbage truck <br />equivalent to 1,000 car trips <br />• City of Falcon Heights attributed the impact of garbage <br />trucks on roads as <br />• High in alleys (-86% of impact due to garbage trucks) <br />• Low in heavily traveled areas (-8% due to garbage <br />trucks) <br />