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Lane briefing: one page of public data for any two states

Choose where the load starts, where it ends and, if you like, the month. The page pulls together what the open data says about that lane: diesel level and 52-week range at both ends, weather normals, how long storms sit, border and port activity, recent FMCSA rule counts and the truck industry in each state. Then it adds a trip cost from your own miles per gallon. Print it or share the link.

Read this first

This is history and averages from public files, not a forecast and not a quote. Weather is a 1991 to 2020 normal at one airport station per state. Fuel is a regional weekly average, not your card price. Miles are hub city to hub city from a routing snapshot. Rule counts are national. Nothing here is legal advice. Values marked Example data are placeholders until you type your own. Method and limits: how the briefing is built.

The lane
Your numbers Example data
Empty uses hub-city route miles from the snapshot. Type your own for door to door.
Your own average. Example value until you change it.
Driver pay, repairs, insurance, truck payment: your own number. Example value.
Your own number, used in the storm scenario. Example value.
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What this number means

  • Diesel: where the latest price sits between the 52-week low and high, and how much a normal week moves it. A fixed rate over a long haul carries that swing.
  • Weather: how many days a month are usually freezing, hot, snowy or wet near the state's hub city. It is a normal, not a forecast.
  • Storms: how long National Weather Service episodes lasted in the state, by type, over five years. The 90th percentile is the one to keep cash for.
  • Border and ports: truck crossings and import value, with a month index where 100 is an average month.

What to do about it

  • Run the pair with your real mpg and your real cost per mile, then keep the 52-week high fuel line in mind when you quote.
  • Pick the month you will haul and read the weather and storm lines for both ends.
  • If the lane touches a border or a port, call for current waits and appointment rules. These files show seasons, not today.
  • Print the page for your file, or send the link: the numbers you typed travel in the link, after the # sign.

Questions

Where do the numbers come from?

From eight snapshots held on this site: EIA weekly diesel, NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals, NOAA Storm Events 2021 to 2025, BTS border crossings, Census imports by port, Census industry counts, the Federal Register and a truck-routing snapshot. Every block names its source and the date its data runs to. The method page lists them with retrieval times.

Why one weather station per state?

The weather snapshot holds 44 airport-class stations. Each state is tied to the station nearest its hub city, and the briefing shows which one and how far. A big state with mountains or coasts can differ a lot from its station. Alaska and Hawaii have no hub city in the routing snapshot, so they show no weather normals.

Is the cost estimate a quote?

No. It is fuel at the lane-average diesel price plus the other cost per mile you type. Tolls, deadhead, detention, pay and insurance are only in it if you put them in that number. The example values are placeholders: replace them.

What is in the share link?

The two states, the month and the numbers you typed, in the part of the address after the # sign. That part stays in your browser and is not sent to the server when you open the page. Anyone you send the link to sees the same briefing, including your example or real numbers.

How are the FMCSA rule counts made?

We count Federal Register documents from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published in the 365 days before the snapshot was retrieved, split into final rules, proposed rules and notices. It is a count only, the same for every lane. Read the documents themselves before you act on one.

Why is there no mileage for Alaska or Hawaii?

The routing snapshot covers 49 hub cities in the lower 48 and Washington, D.C. For a pair that includes Alaska or Hawaii, or for the same state at both ends, type your own loaded miles and the rest of the briefing still works.

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