{"api":"The Dwell Data API","version":"v1","docs":"https://the-dwell.com/api","data_as_of":"2026-10","data_as_of_label":"Oct 2026","data_pulled_at":"2026-11-11T14:47:33.427Z","generated_at":"2026-11-11T18:41:17.936Z","attribution":"Credit The Dwell (the-dwell.com) with a visible link to the page the figure came from; every record carries its page_url.","id":"pti/la-long-beach","section":"pti","section_label":"Truck index","title":"LA/Long Beach truck planning-time index","subtitle":"Road congestion around LA/Long Beach: the FHWA truck planning-time index, a proxy for drayage conditions, not terminal turn time. Monthly.","description":"LA/Long Beach truck planning-time index: 2.29 as of October 2026, monthly from the FHWA. Road congestion around the complex, a proxy for drayage conditions, not terminal turn time.","page_url":"https://the-dwell.com/pti/la-long-beach","headline":"2.29","unit":"PTI","data_through":"2026-10","date_precision":"monthly","frequency":"Monthly","status":"current","source":"FHWA National Performance Management Research Data Set, via BTS","provenance":{"source":"FHWA National Performance Management Research Data Set, via BTS","series":"Truck planning-time index","basis":"Road congestion proxy, not terminal turn time","geography":"LA/Long Beach","unit":"PTI","period":"Monthly, published about two months behind","lastObservation":"Oct 2026","frequency":"Monthly"},"citation":"The truck planning-time index around LA/Long Beach is 2.29 as of Oct 2026 (FHWA, via BTS; 1.0 is free-flow). 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