Freight Performance Measures Report Updated

Mid-America Freight Coalition 

The FHWA Office of Freight Management and Operations, in conjunction with the American Transportation Research Institute, recently released an updated version of the Freight Performance Measures (FPM) report on congestion monitoring of freight-significant highway locations.

Changes in Average Speed 2009-2010 (ATRI)

This report shows that congestion increased at 61 percent of the 100 freight significant locations from 2009 to 2010. The current version of the FPM report now tracks 250 locations.
For more information, consult the list of 250 freight significant locations and the map of year-to-year changes (above) at the initial 100 locations.

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