Telling the Truck Freight Mobility Story: Measures and Findings

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1 Telling the Truck Freight Mobility Story: Measures and Findings Bill Eisele Texas Transportation Institute September 13, 2012 Ohio Conference on Freight 2012

2 The Challenge: What can YOU do?? How is freight planning done in your community? What methods / measures? Does your decision alter with 1 hour of delay per car vs. truck? Does (should) freight value come into play in resource allocation? If so, how? What does / doesn t work in the process? Other lessons learned or improvements needed? In light of national Freight Policy Council launch Creates the strategic freight plan mandated by MAP-21 Implication on above considerations?

3 TTI National Congestion Reports -Congestion statistics on U.S. metropolitan areas since 1982 (101+ urban areas) - Average travel experiences; urban area -Released: September Congestion statistics on 328 most congested corridors in U.S. -Reliability and average conditions; corridor level -Released: November 2011 (inaugural report)

4 Urban Mobility Report Measures Individual Congestion Measures -Delay per commuter (hours) -Travel Time Index (ratio of peak to off-peak travel time) -Commuter Stress Index - Wasted fuel per auto commuter (gallons) -Congestion cost per commuter ($) The Nation s Congestion Problem -Travel delay (billion hours) - Wasted fuel Wasted fuel (billion gallons) -Congestion cost (billions $) -Truck congestion cost (billions $)

5 Congested Corridors Report Measures Individual Congestion Measures -Travel Time Index (ratio of peak to off-peak travel time) -Buffer Index (reliability) -Planning Time Index (reliability) Corridor (Magnitude) Congestion Measures -Delay per mile (person-hours) -Wasted fuel (gallons) -Congestion cost ($)

6 Congestion is Worse in Cities of All Sizes But the Recession Has Caused a Reset Delay per Commuter Very Large = 3 M + Large = 1 M - 3 M Medium = 500 K - 1 M Small = Below 500 K 0 Small Medium Large Very Large

7 Expanding Travel Delay & Shrinking Free-Flow Hours 1982 Extreme Severe 5% 6% Heavy 7% Moderate 9% Total Delay = 1.0 Billion Hours Uncongested 73% Wasted Fuel (Same Trend) 1.9 B Gallons in 2010 Severe 8% Heavy 9% 2010 Extreme 13% Moderate 18% Total Delay= 4.8 Billion Hours Uncongested 21% Light 31%

8 Urban Area Congestion Tax Average peak period commuter (rankings) Washington DC 74 hours (1), $1,495 (2) Chicago 71 hours (2), $1,568 (1) Pittsburgh 31 hours (31), $641 (32) Cincinnati 21 hours (60), $427 (60) Cleveland 20 hours (64), $383 (65) Columbus 18 hours (72), $344 (79) The nation: 4.8 billion hours 1.9 billion gallons $101 billion cost

9 Commuter Stress Index Washington DC 1.33 (1) Chicago 1.24 (2) Pittsburgh 1.21 (40) Cincinnati 1.20 (44) Columbus 1.18 (49) Cleveland 1.16 (58)

10 Medium-sized Urban Areas Delay Per Commuter Averages: 1982: : : 21 Delay Per Commuter Toledo Akron Dayton Grand Rapids Urban Areas

11 Delay Per Commuter Large-sized Urban Areas Delay Per Commuter Averages: 1982: : : Columbus Cleveland Cincinnati Indianapolis Pittsburgh Urban Areas

12 What about Freight?

13 Urban Mobility Report Truck Emphasis Areas Urban area truck delay Cost (time and diesel fuel) Value trucked in urban area Similar methodology as passenger cars Uses hourly INRIX speed data

14 Freight Congestion A Key Element of the 21 st Century Economy U.S. urban truck delay 312 million truck hours $23 billion cost $7 trillion goods value In addition Inventory costs Just-in-time operations Fleet productivity Distribution centers Public & private sector decision structures

15 Total Truck Commodity Values ($ million) 1. Texas 1,150, California 1,235, Florida 552, Illinois 548, New York 482, Ohio 447, Pennsylvania 443, Georgia 417, North Carolina 373, Indiana 368,446

16 Congested Corridors Report Truck Emphasis Where the Big Trucks Are Reliably Unreliable Congestion Leaders Morning, Afternoon, Lunch, Weekends One-Hit-Wonders Ranked by delay / mile (except reliably unreliable )

17 Congested Corridors Report Truck Emphasis Areas 328 corridors account for: 36% of urban freeway delay 33% of urban freeway truck delay but only 8% of truck travel 248 million gallons of fuel wasted in the corridors Los Angeles: 16 of 40 worst US truck corridors New York 11; Chicago 4 (in top 20) Used detailed INRIX data and analysis Congested Corridors Report: mobility.tamu.edu/corridors

18 Where the Big Trucks Are in Ohio Dayton Urban Area Cincinnati Urban Area

19 Unreliability: Hard to Plan For What You Can t Know (CCR) Many sources of unreliability: Crashes, road work, weather, special events Planning Time: Worst commute trip of the month, late one day a month 94 of top 100 corridors: plan for triple the midday travel times (205 corridors overall) New York 5 of top 20; Atlanta top 2 Locations? Tunnels, bridges, congested corridors Differences comparing Table 1 and Table 2

20 Reliably Unreliable in Ohio Dayton Urban Area Cincinnati Urban Area

21 Congestion Leaders in Ohio Dayton Urban Area Cincinnati Urban Area

22 UMR & CCR Next Steps 2012 UMR and 2012 CCR released in fall 2012 UMR Greenhouse gas (GHG) inclusion (CO 2 ) Reliability statistics for first time Continue including truck mobility elements in both reports

23 Concluding Thoughts Truck measures inform decision-making/policy for needed freight infrastructure and operational improvements New roads, rail lines New lanes on existing, truck lanes Additional lanes and connectors for docking facilities/ports Positive feedback/interest during press release

24 The Challenge: What can YOU do?? How is freight planning done in your community? What methods / measures? Does your decision alter with 1 hour of delay per car vs. truck? Does (should) freight value come into play in resource allocation? If so, how? What does / doesn t work in the process? Other lessons learned or improvements needed? In light of national Freight Policy Council launch Creates the strategic freight plan mandated by MAP-21 Implication on above considerations?

25 Questions and Discussion Bill Eisele (979)

26 What are congestion causes and what can be done?

27 Congestion Has Many Causes Special Events/Other 5% Poor Signal Timing 5% Bad Weather 15% Bottlenecks 40% Work Zones 10% Traffic Incidents 25%

28 100% But No Single Solution Accept Some Congestion Diversified Development Patterns % Varies for Each City 0% Less Construction Delay Commute & Travel Options Improve System Efficiency Build More Capacity

29 Solution Mix Will Be Different Within Regions Outer Beltway Capacity Efficiency Options Capacity Efficiency Options Capacity Efficiency Options Inner Loop Add Capacity Greater Efficiency Travel Options

30 Some Delivery Words for the Future Service guarantees Reliability, with information and incentives for all All trips are not created equal; all travelers & shippers should have a set of route choices Partnering commuters, employers, agencies and private sector Solutions possible in many locations, but. Where will it work? What benefit? What cost? Accountability

31 What s the Long-Term Strategy? Aggressively operate what you have Install better processes operations, planning, design & construction Add capacity and service strategically. Tell the public Performance reports & targets Link deployment, events and actions What can travelers & businesses do? (