An efficient trucking sector is essential to the State's economic prosperity. However, rapid growth in trucking is placing a growing burden on state highways, in terms of both pavement maintenance and repair costs and congestion-induced traffic delays. To support better freight planning this project will:
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Develop a set of performance metrics that can be used to evaluate and track trucking industry performance and its impacts on the State's economy and the environment, identify developing problems, and plan improvements in truck freight mobility and access
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Identify and assess how well existing databases and other data sources support the proposed performance metrics
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Identify methods and the level of effort required for collecting data to support improved performance measurement in the future.
Special attention will be given to measures of travel time reliability, and to operation of the State's high volume, long haul trucking corridors and their linkages to within-state seaports and rail intermodal facilities.