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Congestion

The volume of freight has grown dramatically, and the mix of goods and the way they are moved have changed. System improvements have not kept pace with growth in demand for freight transportation, resulting in congestion on our Nation's highways and straining other freight modes as well. Congestion affects the reliability and cost of freight transportation. This site provides information on congestion and its effects.

• 2013 Report on Freight Significant Location Congestion
• FPM Congestion Monitoring at 250 Freight Significant Highway Locations: Final Results of the 2010 Performance Assessment
  • FHWA Press Release Wednesday, September 21, 2011: New Freight Traffic Data Point to More Congestion on Key Highways
• 2009 Bottleneck Analysis of 100 Freight Significant Highway Locations
• Border Crossing Delay
• Freight Analysis Framework
• Freight and Congestion in Freight Story 2008
• Travel Time in Freight Significant Corridors
• Port Peak Pricing Program Evaluation

Related Topics

• An Agency Guide on Overcoming Unique Challenges to Localized Congestion Reduction Projects
• Assessing the Value of Delay to Truckers and Carriers [PDF 488KB] - University Transportation Center for Mobility, Texas Transportation Institute, 2011.
• FHWA Congestion Relief Web Site
• Freight Performance Measures Web Based Tool (FPMweb)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Temporary Losses of Highway Capacity and Impacts on Performance: Phase 2
• Traffic Bottlenecks
• Unclogging America's Arteries: Effective Relief for Highway Bottlenecks (1999-2004) Report from American Highway Users Alliance [PDF 6.8MB]
• Urban Goods Movement

Staff Contacts

Stephen Clinger
202-366-2168
Stephen.Clinger@dot.gov

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