NY/NJ truck planning-time index

The FHWA planning-time index around NY/NJ, monthly, a drayage-window congestion signal

Data through May 1, 2026 · page updated Jul 10, 2026

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The truck planning-time index around NY/NJ is 3.82 as of May 1, 2026 (FHWA, via BTS; 1.0 is free-flow). The Dwell. https://the-dwell.com/pti/new-york-new-jersey

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The NY/NJ truck planning-time index is 3.82 as of May 1, 2026, near its trailing-12-month normal of 3.97. 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.

The numbers
Period	Current	Prior	Change
Month over month	3.82	3.69	+3.5%
Year over year	3.82	4.18	-8.6%
vs 5-yr median	3.82	3.96	-3.5%

About NY/NJ truck planning-time index

The truck planning-time index around NY/NJ 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.

About NY/NJ truck planning-time index

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