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113 a p p e n D i X c state-Level Freight Performance Measures: state of Practice
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Many of the metrics reported by the state DOTs related to freight include both measures related to specific programs or targets and others that are indicators of overall system trends, such as increases in freight volumes. Early in the past decade, the few state DOTs that attempted to measure freight performance relied on measures of transportation industry productivity that are not clearly linked to the performance of the highway system or on measures of highway system performance that are important to highway users in general but not specifically linked to freight.1 A report for the FHWA Office of Freight Operations and Management identified 13 potentially valuable indicators using the following evaluation criteria: • Descriptive value.
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Examined measures. Indicator Descriptive Value Technical Suitability Data Availability Data Cost Cost per Ton-Mile 3 3 Easy Low Fuel Consumption of Heavy Trucks per Ton-Mile 1 2 Easy Low Cargo Insurance Rates 2 2 Easy Low On-time Performance 3 1 Difficult High Point-to-Point Travel Times on Freight-Significant Highways 2 3 Not easy Medium to High 3 Hours of Delay on FreightSignificant Highways 2 3 Not easy Medium to High Incident Delay on FreightSignificant Highways 2 3 Not easy High Ratio: Peak Travel Time to Off-Peak Travel Time 1 2 Not easy High Ratio: Variance to Average for Peak Trip Times 1 2 Not easy High Annual Miles per Truck 2 1 Easy Low Border Crossing Times 3 2 Not easy Medium Conditions on Intermodal Connectors 2 2 Not easy High Customer Satisfaction 2 3 Difficult High Source: Hagler Bailly, Inc.
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Generic measures such as travel time in freight-significant corridors were likely a contributing factor to state efforts to improve overall travel times. However, it appeared to be rare that any state DOT freight performance measure was used to make frequent decisions.
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