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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