Performance Measurement

National Freight Performance Measures

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration has published performance measures to assess system performance, freight movement, and the CMAQ program. The regulation calls for an increased level of transparency and accountability in establishing and achieving targets for performance impacting commuters and truck drivers.

For more information, please visit FHWA’s Office of Transportation Performance Management at the following link: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tpm/rule.cfm

The FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations and other stakeholders are developing performance measures for freight transportation. Freight-specific performance measures help to identify needed transportation improvements and monitor their effectiveness. They also serve as indicators of economic health and traffic congestion.

Freight Performance Measurement at FHWA
Vehicle Probe Data Set Information
Other Freight Performance Measurement Information
General Performance Measurement
Related Topics
Staff Contacts

Freight Performance Measurement at FHWA

Vehicle Probe Data Set Information

FHWA has acquired a second (v2) national data set of average travel times on the National Highway System for use in its performance measures and management activities. This data set is also available to State Departments of Transportation and Metropolitan Planning Organizations to use for their performance management activities. The data set will be available monthly.

NPMRDS v2 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

https://npmrds.ritis.org/analytics/help/#npmrds

For questions about the NPMRDS v2, please send an e-mail to:

npmrds@ritis.org

Quarterly NPMRDS Technical Assistance Webinars

To view previous webinar sessions, please select the link(s) below:

Introduction to NPMRDS

August 8, 2013 - NPMRDS Introduction from FHWA; Potential Data uses; NPMRDS Access and Licensing; Technical Assistance.

Archived Quarterly Technical Assistance Webinar

November 1, 2013 – Webinar Presentation
February 12, 2014 – Webinar Recording
May 15, 2014 – Webinar Recording
August 14, 2014 – Webinar Recording
November 13, 2014 – Webinar Recording
February 5, 2015 – Webinar Recording
May 5, 2015 – Webinar Recording
August 5, 2015*
November 3, 2015 – Webinar Recording
February 10, 2016 – Webinar Recording
May 10, 2016 – Webinar Recording
August 9, 2016*
November 1, 2016 – Webinar Recording
February 9, 2017 – Webinar Recording
May 4, 2017 – Webinar Recording
July 20, 2017 - Webinar Recording
November 7, 2017 – Webinar Recording
February 8, 2018 – Webinar Recording
May 7, 2018 – Webinar Recording
August 2, 2018 – Webinar Recording
November 8, 2018 – Webinar Recording
February 7, 2019 – Webinar Recording
May 7, 2019 – Webinar Recording (Part 1) Webinar Recording (Part 2) (*Note-there were technical difficulties during the webinar, so recording is in two parts.)
August 27, 2019 – Webinar Recording
November 12, 2019 – Webinar Recording
February 13, 2020 – Webinar Recording
May 5, 2020 – Webinar Recording
August 6, 2020 - Webinar Recording
November 5, 2020 – Webinar Recording

General Performance Measurement

FHWA Operations Performance Measurement Program
Highway Performance Monitoring System
International scan on Linking Transportation Performance and Accountability
Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and Transit: Conditions and Performance Report: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015
Transportation Research Board Performance Measurement Information Resource Center

Contact Us

Freight Feedback
FreightFeedback@dot.gov

* Due to technical difficulties, the webinar recording is not available. Please contact Rich Taylor if you would like the presentations from that webinar.