Workshop on Implementing a Freight Fluidity Performance Measurement System

TRB's E-Circular 240: Workshop on Implementing a Freight Fluidity Performance Measurement System explored emerging tracking and measurement technologies, including blockchain, and examples of multisector data sharing to capture multimodal freight performance as discussed during a September 2018 conference. Performance of the freight transportation system is important to shippers and carriers, planners and policy-makers, as well as the general public because it affects the efficiency and costs of goods and services, and thus the general performance of the economy. Freight performance measures guide decisions about operations, investments, policies, and regulations. During the past decade, interest has grown in measuring freight performance, including multimodal supply chains that move products from production to consumption to disposal. This report highlights discussions from a workshop on the recent developments in multimodal freight performance measurement, from developments in the United States to advances in North America and Europe.