Truck index
Near normalLA/Long Beach truck planning-time index
The FHWA planning-time index around LA/Long Beach, monthly, a drayage-window congestion signal
Data through May 1, 2026 · page updated Jul 10, 2026
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- Planning-time index
The LA/Long Beach truck planning-time index is 4.07 as of May 1, 2026, near its trailing-12-month normal of 4.07. The planning-time index is the ratio of a near-worst-case trip time to free-flow around the port, so a higher number means a wider window a drayage trip has to plan for.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Month over month | 4.07 | 4.01 | +1.5% |
| Year over year | 4.07 | 4.16 | -2.2% |
| vs 5-yr median | 4.07 | 4.09 | -0.5% |
About LA/Long Beach truck planning-time index
The truck planning-time index around LA/Long Beach measures how much longer a drayage trip near the terminals takes relative to free-flow conditions, published monthly by the FHWA. It is the truck-side congestion signal: it says nothing about ships or boxes, only about the road around the gate. A value of 1.0 would be free-flow; the numbers here are the buffer a trucker has to plan for.
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