Freight Mobility Trends Report 2019

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June 2022
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Cover image contains several photographs of freight being transported in the United States including: on a congested freeway with trucks, on an interstate by trucks next to a train track with rail cars, on a cargo ship with a truck passing overhead on a bridge, and on trucks crossing the U.S./Mexico border.

Cover Photo Source: Texas A&M Transportation Institute Communications

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION
SECTION 2: FREIGHT PERFORMANCE RESULTS
SECTION 3: FREIGHT-SPECIFIC LOCATIONS
SECTION 4: DISCUSSION OF FREIGHT PERFORMANCE TRENDS
- Performance Results by Location
- Conclusion
REFERENCES
APPENDIX A: DATA, MEASURES, AND METHODOLOGY
APPENDIX B: MAJOR FREIGHT HIGHWAY BOTTLENECKS AND CONGESTED CORRIDORS—FULL REPORT
- Changes between 2018 and 2019 Top 100 Bottlenecks
- Top 40 Bottleneck Maps

List of Figures

Figure 1. Chart. National freight performance from 2018 to 2019
Figure 2. Pie charts. Location performance of delay per mile from 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019
Figure 3. Graph. National performance for delay per mile by National Highway System roadway type
Figure 4. Chart. National performance for the travel time index, planning time index, and truck reliability index by National Highway System roadway type
Figure 5. Graph. Combined delay per mile quarterly analysis by different roadways and areas
Figure 6. Map. State performance for indicators from 2018 to 2019
Figure 7. Map. Truck travel time reliability change from 2017 to 2019
Figure 8. Map. Urban area delay per mile in hours in 2019
Figure 9. Map. Metropolitan planning organization area delay per mile in hours in 2019
Figure 10. Graph. Quarterly comparison of delay per mile for States, urban areas, and metropolitan planning organization areas
Figure 11. Map. Top 100 major freight highway bottlenecks based on truck hours of delay per mile in the 2019 National Performance Management Research Data Set
Figure 12. Chart. Delay per mile for access to freight facilities in 2019
Figure 13. Chart. Average travel time index, planning time index, and truck reliability index for access to freight facilities in 2019
Figure 14. Graph. Percent change of delay per mile for access to facilities from 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019
Figure 15. Graph. Combined delay per mile quarterly analysis by different freight facilities
Figure 16. Map. Delay per mile for airports, rail intermodal areas, port areas, and border areas in 2019
Figure 17. Graph. Top commodities moved by mode
Figure 18. Graph. Quarterly national performance for delay per mile
Figure 19. Graph. Quarterly national performance for the travel time index, planning time index, and truck reliability index
Figure 20. Graph. Quarterly delay per mile by urban and rural roadways
Figure 21. Graph. Quarterly travel time index, planning time index, and truck reliability index
Figure 22. Graph. National performance for delay per mile by National Highway System roadway type
Figure 23. Chart. National performance for the travel time index, planning time index, and truck reliability index by National Highway System roadway type
Figure 24. Map. State performance for indicators from 2018 to 2019
Figure 25. Map. State delay per mile in 2019
Figure 26. Chart. States’ delay per mile by road type in 2019
Figure 27. Chart. State roadway performance in 2019: travel time index, truck reliability index, and planning time index
Figure 28. Chart. State urban roadway delay per mile by road type in 2019
Figure 29. Chart. State urban roadway travel time index, planning time index, and truck reliability index by road type in 2019
Figure 30. Chart. State rural roadway delay per mile by road type in 2019
Figure 31. Chart. State rural roadway travel time index, planning time index, and truck reliability index by road type in 2019
Figure 32. Map. State travel time reliability
Figure 33. Map. Percent change in truck travel time reliability from 2017 to 2019
Figure 34. Map. Urban area delay per mile in 2019
Figure 35. Graph. Metropolitan planning organization area delay per mile performance by quarter
Figure 36. Map. Metropolitan planning organization area delay per mile in 2019
Figure 37. Graph. Quarterly delay per mile for the National Highway Freight Network by urban and rural roadway and road type
Figure 38. Graph. Quarterly delay per mile for the Strategic Highway Network by urban and rural roadway and road type
Figure 39. Map. Major highway freight bottlenecks in 2019
Figure 40. Map. Freight-significant corridors
Figure 41. Map. Freight-significant corridors with truck vehicle miles of travel detail
Figure 42. Chart. Delay per mile for access to freight facilities in 2019
Figure 43. Chart. Average travel time index, planning time index, and truck reliability index for access to freight facilities in 2019
Figure 44. Graph. Total airport access delay by quarter
Figure 45. Delay per mile for airport areas in 2019
Figure 46. Graph. Percent change in airport access delay per mile
Figure 47. Graph. Quarterly total delay per mile for access to rail intermodal facilities
Figure 48. Map. Rail intermodal area delay per mile in 2019
Figure 49. Graph. Percent change in rail intermodal area delay per mile
Figure 50. Graph. Quarterly port access performance for delay per mile
Figure 51. Map. Port area delay per mile in 2019
Figure 52. Graph. Percent change in port area delay per mile
Figure 53. Graph. Quarterly border area performance for delay per mile
Figure 54. Map. Border area delay per mile in 2019
Figure 55. Graph. Percent change in border area delay per mile
Figure 56. Chart. National freight performance from 2018 to 2019
Figure 57. Map. State performance for indicators from 2018 to 2019
Figure 58. Graph. Combined delay per mile quarterly analysis by freight facility
Figure 59. Pie charts. Location performance of delay per mile from 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019
Figure 60. Graph. Percent change of delay per mile for facilities from 2017 to 2018 and 2018 to 2019
Figure 61. Formula. Total delay calculation
Figure 62. Formula. Travel time index equation
Figure 63. Formula. Planning time index equation
Figure 64. Formula. Buffer index equation
Figure 65. Formula. Truck reliability index equation
Figure 66. Formula. Truck reliability index
Figure 67. Map. Freight corridors
Figure 68. Map. Major freight highway bottlenecks based on truck hours of delay per mile in the 2019 National Performance Management Research Data Set
Figure 69. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 1, I-95/George Washington Bridge (New York, NY)
Figure 70. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 2, I-90 and I-90/I-94 (Chicago, IL)
Figure 71. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 3, I-605 (Los Angeles, CA)
Figure 72. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 4, I-35 (Austin, TX)
Figure 73. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 5, I-610 (Houston, TX)
Figure 74. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 6, I-678 (New York, NY)
Figure 75. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 7, I-405 (Los Angeles, CA)
Figure 76. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 8, I-290 (Chicago, IL)
Figure 77. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 9, US-59 (Houston, TX)
Figure 78. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 10, I-278 (New York, NY)
Figure 79. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 11, I-24 and I-24/I-40 Nashville, TN)
Figure 80. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 12, I-10 (Los Angeles, CA)
Figure 81. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 13, I-710 (Los Angeles, CA)
Figure 82. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 14, I-45 (Houston, TX)
Figure 83. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 15, I-680 (San Francisco, CA)
Figure 84. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 16, I-495 (New York, NY)
Figure 85. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 17, I-5 (Seattle-Tacoma, WA)
Figure 86. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 18, I-5 (Los Angeles, CA)
Figure 87. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 19, I-76 (Philadelphia, PA)
Figure 88. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 20, I-87 (New York, NY)
Figure 89. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 21, I-105 (Los Angeles, CA)
Figure 90. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 22, I-75/I-85 (Atlanta, GA)
Figure 91. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 23, I-10 (New Orleans, LA)
Figure 92. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 24, I-10 (Lake Charles, LA)
Figure 93. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 25, I-210 (Los Angeles, CA)
Figure 94. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 26, I-10 (Baton Rouge, LA)
Figure 95. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 27, I-25 (Denver, CO)
Figure 96. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 28, I-5 (Portland, OR)
Figure 97. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 29, I-55 (Chicago, IL)
Figure 98. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 30, I-285 (Atlanta, GA)
Figure 99. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 31, I-495 (Washington, D.C.)
Figure 100. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 32, I-70 (Denver, CO)
Figure 101. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 33, I-30 (Little Rock, AR)
Figure 102. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 34, I-80 (San Francisco, CA)
Figure 103. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 35, I-10 (Houston, TX)
Figure 104. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 36, I-270 (Denver, CO)
Figure 105. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 37, I-95 (Washington, D.C.)
Figure 106. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 38, CA-110 and I-110 (Los Angeles, CA)
Figure 107. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 39, I-10 (Phoenix, AZ)
Figure 108. Map. Top 40 Bottleneck Maps, Bottleneck 40, I-15 (Riverside, CA)

List of Tables

Table 1. National Highway System performance by year
Table 2. Performance by urban and rural roadways
Table 3. Yearly performance by National Highway System road type
Table 4. Truck travel time reliability index reported by States from 2017 to 2019
Table 5. Top 25 generalized bottleneck corridors with the greatest truck hours of delay per mile
Table 6. National performance trends
Table 7. Truck vehicle miles of travel by year
Table 8. Performance by urban and rural roadways
Table 9. Yearly performance by National Highway System road type
Table 10. The 10 highest State results for the Freight Mobility Trends indicators
Table 11. The 10 highest State results for the Freight Mobility Trends indicators for urban roadways
Table 12. The 10 highest State results for the Freight Mobility Trends indicators for rural roadways
Table 13. State delay per mile, hours (DPM)
Table 14. Truck travel time reliability index reported by States from 2017 to 2019
Table 15. The 10 highest urban area results for the Freight Mobility Trends performance indicators in 2019
Table 16. The 10 highest metropolitan planning organization area results for the Freight Mobility Trends performance indicators in 2019
Table 17. Major Interstate freight highway bottlenecks and congested corridors based on truck hours of delay per mile from the 2019 National Performance Management Research Data Set
Table 18. Freight significant corridor average daily truck vehicle miles traveled (TVMT) (in miles) and number of traffic message channel (TMC) segments from the National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) per corridor
Table 19. BI Percent for freight significant corridors by quarter
Table 20. Truck Reliability Index for freight significant corridors by quarter
Table 21. The 10 highest airport area results for the Freight Mobility Trends performance indicators in 2019
Table 22. Airport access delay per mile by quarter
Table 23. Airport area access delay per mile for 2019
Table 24. The 10 highest rail intermodal area results for the Freight Mobility Trends performance indicators in 2019
Table 25. Rail intermodal facility area access delay per mile by quarter
Table 26. Rail intermodal area access delay per mile for 2019
Table 27. The 10 highest port area results for the Freight Mobility Trends performance indicators in 2019
Table 28. Port area access delay per mile by quarter
Table 29. Port area access delay per mile in 2019
Table 30. The 10 highest border area results for the Freight Mobility Trends performance indicators in 2019
Table 31. Border area access delay per mile by quarter
Table 32. Delay per mile for border areas in 2019
Table 33. National border crossing minutes per mile
Table 34. State performance for Freight Mobility Trends indicators from 2018 to 2019
Table 35. Major Interstate freight highway bottlenecks and congested corridors based on truck hours of delay per mile in the 2019 National Performance Management Research Data Set
Table 36. Bottlenecks with greatest increase in delay from 2018
Table 37. Bottlenecks with greatest decrease in delay from 2018
Table 38. New bottlenecks on the top 100 list for 2019
Table 39. Bottlenecks dropping off the top 100 list for 2019

Freight Mobility Trends Report 2019

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