Freight Performance Measures (FPM)

The FHWA’s Office of Freight Management, in conjunction with industry stakeholders, is currently developing performance measures specific to freight transportation.  Freight performance measures (FPM) can help identify where transportation improvements are needed and to evaluate their effectiveness.  Border crossing delays and truck travel time in freight significant corridors are two areas of research that FHWA are focusing on. 

FHWA has partnered with several organizations to develop performance measures for many of the nation’s highways.  Several tools are available, including FPMweb and the Freight Analysis Framework (FAF).

Additional Information

Federal Highway Administration.  Performance Measurement.
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/perform_meas/index.htm

Federal Highway Administration.  Border Crossing Delays.
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/border_crossing.htm

Federal Highway Administration.  Travel Time in Freight Significant Corridors
http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/travel_time.htm

The American Transportation Research Institute.  FPMweb.
https://www.freightperformance.org/fpmweb/user_login.aspx

Federal Highway Administration.  Freight Analysis Framework. 
http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/faf/