Meeting Freight Data Challenges:

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Meeting Freight Data Challenges What Industry
Needs
Doug Grane, President Central States Trucking
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My Presentation

• Freight Industry
• Trucking Industry
• CS Trucking
• Government Roles
• Industry Needs
• Partnership Opportunities

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Freight Industry is Complex

• 6 Class 1 railroads 550 Total
• 1.2M freight cars
• 200K employees
• 170K miles of track
• 51 Deep Water Ports 148 Total
• 8000 ships
• 12K miles of commercial waterways
• 12M 20M Containers
• Truck-Rail second fastest growing
• 75 air cargo moved by non-U.S. carriers
• Fastest-growing sector over time
• Expedited Truck vs. airplane?
• 640,000 Trucking Companies
• 10.1M employees 3.2M truck drivers
• 2.8 million large trucks 20M commercial trucks
• 4.9M trailers

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Trucking Realities

• Trucking
• Heavily Regulated
• Highly Competitive
• Safety Issues Complex
• 71 - 75 of Crashes Caused by Cars
• Largest Mode 68 of Tonnage 86 of Revenue
• Operating Margins SLIM 3.6

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Trucking Industry Snapshot

• Total Tonnage Moved
• 2002 - 8.88 Billion Tons
• 2008 - 10.1 Billion Tons
• A 13.7 increase in 6 years.
• Truck VMT growth 70 between 1998 - 2018

U.S. Freight Transportation ForecastTo 2014
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Top Industry Issues 2005

• 1. Fuel Costs
• 2. Driver Shortage
• 3. Insurance Costs
• 4. Hours-of-Service
• 5. Tolls/Highway Funding
• 6. Tort Reform/Legal Issues
• 7. Government Regulations
• 8. Congestion
• 9. Environmental Issues
• 10. Truck Security

ATRI Survey of 4200 Trucking Companies
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Top Industry Issues 2006

• 1. Driver Shortage
• 2. Fuel Issues
• 3. Driver Retention
• 4. Hours-of-Service
• 5. Congestion
• 6. Government Regulations
• 7. Highway Infrastructure
• 8. Tort Reform
• 9. Tolls/Highway Funding
• 10. Environmental Issues

ATRI Survey of 4500 Trucking Companies
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Central States Trucking Facts Figures

• CST Founded in 1980
• Second-Generation Ownership
• Multi-Modal Services
• Container Dray
• Ded. Contract Carriage
• Line-Haul
• Warehousing
• Positive Revenue Growth
• 2003 - 21M
• 2007 - 42M

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Central States Trucking Facts Figures

• Assets
• 200 Tractors
• 300 Trailers
• People
• 110 O-O
• 90 Company Drivers
• 40 Warehouse Staff
• 60 Office Personnel

300 Families!!
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Freight Transportation Planning

• Multiple Agencies Involved
• Federal Highway Administration
• State DOTs
• MPOs / RDCs
• Municipalities
• Not to mention FMCSA, CBP, USDA, TSA, IRS,
  PHMSA, FBI, etc.

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Freight Transportation Planning Products

• UPWP
• Policy Plans
• City Comp Plans
• TIPs
• STIPS
• Long-Range Plans
• Shortest window Approx. 2 years

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Juxtaposed with Industry

• 6 24 Months Planning
• Slim Margins 3.6
• High Data Sensitivity
• Unreasonable Shipper Contract Expectations (e.g.
  95 - 98 on-time delivery)
• Longest window Approx. 2 years

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Typical Industry Data Sets

• Origin-Destination
• Financial Data
• Operational Data
• Tonnage
• VMTs
• Fuel Consumption
• Travel Times

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What Does Industry Need from Govt ?

• Infrastructure Capacity
• Faster Travel Times
• Streamlined Regulations
• Greater Recognition/Awareness of the
• Role of Trucking (You cant put everything in a
  rail box car)

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Partnerships? Yes!

• Partnership Rules
• Do Not Ask for Data You Do Not Need
• Do Not Use Our Data to Raise Our Costs/Put Us Out
  of Business
• Do Not Share Our Data with Others
• Make an Effort to Understand the Industry

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Questions?

• George Billows ILTrucking.org