# Presentation: 142701

## Freight Performance Measures

***presented to*****FHWA “Talking Freight” Seminar Series**
***presented by*****Lance Neumann****Cambridge Systematics, Inc.**
**August 2005**

**Freight Performance Measures**

## Overview

**Perspectives on Freight Performance Measures**
**Freight Performance Measures in NCHRP 8-43**
**Selected Applications from Current Practice**

## Perspectives on Freight Performance Measures

**User needs versus system operator/planner needs**
**Geographic scale**
**Data and tools**

## Freight Performance MeasuresDifferent Stakeholders Use Different Measures

_**Shippers**_
**Service**** cost, speed, reliability, security, visibility**

_**Carriers**_
**Business**** ****profitability****return on investment**

_**States/MPOs**_
**Congestion****mobility, safety, security, efficiency, economy, environment**

_**Gateways**__**and Corridors**_
**Chokepoints**** related to equipment, infrastructure, operations, information, regulation**

## Data and Tools

**Adaptations of passenger transport tools**
**Much data are in private sector**
**Analytical tools and methods for freight analysis****still developmental**
**NCHRP 8-43 “Methods for Forecasting Statewide****Freight Movements”**

## Performance Measures in NCHRP 8-43

**Toolkit for state-level freight forecasting**
**Performance measures tied to specific policy/planning and analytical needs**
**Performance measures are**
**Forecastable**
**Use tools in the toolkit**

## What Are States’ Primary Freight Policyand Analytical Needs?

| Need | Response Frequency |
| --- | --- |
| State Transportation Planning, including Multimodal Transportation Plans and/or Freight Plans | High |
| Project Prioritization, Statewide TransportationImprovement Program (STIP) Development | High |
| Modal Diversion Analysis | High |
| Pavement, Bridge, and Safety Management | Medium |
| Commodity Flow Analysis (Types, Values, and Economic Importance of Freight Movement) | Medium |
| Rail Planning | Medium |
| Trade Corridor and Border Planning | Medium |
| Project Development or Design Needs (e.g., Forecasts and Loadings) | Medium |
| Bottleneck Analysis | Medium |
| Terminal Access Planning for Ports, other Intermodal Terminals,and Grain or other Heavy Commodity Terminals | Medium |

## Matching Performance Measuresto Policy/Analytic Needs

| Policy/Analysis Needs | Performance Measures |
| --- | --- |
| Statewide Policy and Planning | Freight System Supply per “Demand Unit”
Miles of Freight Routes withAdequate Capacity
Dollar Losses due to Freight Delays
Freight Mobility Index |
| Modal Diversion | Cost per Ton and Ton-Mile by Mode
Delay per Ton-Mile Traveled
Average Shipment Time and Variability |

## What Tools Can be Used to DevelopFreight Performance Measures?

| Performance Measure | Direct Factoringof Flows | Direct Factoring of O-D Table | TripGen | TripDist | Mode Split | Traffic Assign |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Administrative, Engineering,and Construction Cost/Ton-Mile (Owner Cost) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Average Circuitry for Truck Tripsof Selected O-D Pattern |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Average Travel Time from Facility to Major Highway, Rail, or Other Network |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Delay per Ton-Mile Traveled (by Mode) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Dollar Losses Due to Freight Delays |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Origin-Destination Travel Times(by Mode) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Percent of Person/Freight Trips Occurring within Peak Periods |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Percent of Traffic on Regional Highway that is Heavy Truck |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## ApplicationsEvaluating Truck-Oriented Infrastructure Improvements

**Multiregional freight planning program –****San Joaquin Valley, CA**
**Traffic assignment linked to post-processor (IDAS)**
**Performance measures**
**Delay by vehicle class**
**Travel times for major freight center O-Ds**
**Incident delay on freeways (reliability)**
**Accidents by type and vehicle class**
**Emissions by vehicle class**

## Strategies Evaluated

**Package 1 – Upgrading east-west highways to freeways**
**Package 2A – Adding general purpose capacity **
**Package 2B – Truck lanes and truck bypass lanes **
**Package 3 – Low emission trucks for through trips**
**Package 4 – Improved access to major freight site**

## ApplicationsPort Access and Impacts

**San Pedro Bay Ports Truck-Trip Reduction Strategies**
**Trip generation model and travel demand model results linked to spreadsheet post processor**
**Performance measures**
**Port truck-trips**
**Port truck-traffic by time period on I-710**
**Port truck VMT**
**Net port transportation emissions (truck and rail)**

## Strategies Evaluated

**Extended gate hours**
**Empty container management **
**Expanded on-dock rail**
**New near-dock rail**
**Shuttle train to Inland Empire**

## Conclusion

**Wide variety of freight related performance****measures available**
**Data/tools constrain measures that can be used**
**Need to strengthen connection between measures used in public sector with shipper/carrier perspective**