National Freight Transportation Statistics and Maps
Freight Facts and Figures
Freight Facts and Figures 2007 (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-08-004) contains national statistics and maps highlighting the extent, use, and consequences of freight transportation in the United States.
Freight Analysis Framework
- Freight Analysis Framework 1 (FAF1) National Summary: 1998, 2010, 2020 [HTML, PDF 1.48MB]
- Map of Average Daily Truck Traffic (1998) [HTML, PDF 3.58MB]
- Map of Average Daily Truck Traffic (2020) [HTML, PDF 3.66MB]
- Highway Congestion Map (1998) [HTML, PDF 2.58MB]
- Highway Congestion Map (2020) [HTML, PDF 2.6MB]
- Truck Tonnage by State for 1998 and 2020 [HTML, Excel 83KB]
- Geographic Zones used in the 2002 Commodity Flow Survey and the forthcoming 2002 Freight Analysis Framework: Map [HTML, PDF 336KB] and List of Zones [HTML, Excel 20KB]
- Freight Analysis Framework documentation, state and local maps, and data
Border Crossing Flows
- National Border Crossing Flow Maps showing tonnage flows and truck flows between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico.
- Border crossing flows by state and region.
Other Resources
- Information by State – Provides statistics and maps for individual states.
- The Freight Story – Describes the implications of the national statistics and maps.
- An Initial Assessment of Freight Bottlenecks on Highways - This white paper is an initial effort to identify and quantify, on an national basis, highway bottlenecks that delay trucks and increase costs to businesses and consumers.
- Freight in America
- Data Sources – Provides links to many of the sources of these statistics and maps.
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