Original research on commingleable freight economics, LTL infrastructure, AI in transportation, and freight network design. Built on 851,978 completed shipments, 11 million quotes, and public carrier earnings data. The data behind it is published below under CC BY 4.0.
Three datasets generated from the same files that run the site, licensed CC BY 4.0. Reuse them in coursework, papers, models, or products; keep the line “Data: Warp (wearewarp.com)” on anything you redistribute. Every row carries its own date, and the cards state exactly how each number was produced.
Warp LTL Rate Index
3,055 lanes · as of · 1 pallet, 500 lbs, 48x48x48 in, no freight class submitted
3,055 US LTL lanes. Per lane: Warp's all-inclusive per-pallet rate, the median of up to nine live quotes across a 3x3 ZIP-pair matrix, beside named-carrier comparison rates captured from the marketplace aggregator at the same quote time. Rows carry their own quote date.
@misc{warp_warp_ltl_rate_index_2026,
title = {Warp LTL Rate Index},
author = {{Warp Technology Co.}},
year = {2026},
note = {Snapshot 2026-09-23, CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://www.wearewarp.com/research#datasets}
}
Warp US Truckload Transit Times
1,595 lanes · as of
1,595 US city-to-city lanes with highway drive miles from OSRM routing (not great-circle), drive hours, and full-truckload transit days under FMCSA hours-of-service rules: 11 driving hours a day for a solo driver, sleeper-berth handoffs for a team. It models a dedicated truck point to point, not LTL terminal schedules.
Warp Technology Co. (2026). Warp US Truckload Transit Times (2026-04-18) [Data set]. https://www.wearewarp.com/research#datasets
BibTeX
@misc{warp_warp_truckload_transit_times_2026,
title = {Warp US Truckload Transit Times},
author = {{Warp Technology Co.}},
year = {2026},
note = {Snapshot 2026-04-18, CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://www.wearewarp.com/research#datasets}
}
US Freight Fuel Surcharge Estimates (DOE-keyed)
6 carriers · as of
Per-carrier fuel surcharge estimates for 6 major US LTL carriers, interpolated by Warp from the DOE/EIA weekly on-highway diesel price ($6.529, week of 2026-09-21). The DOE series is the authoritative layer; the per-carrier percentages are the modeled layer. Refreshed weekly when the EIA series updates.
@misc{warp_warp_fuel_surcharge_estimates_2026,
title = {US Freight Fuel Surcharge Estimates (DOE-keyed)},
author = {{Warp Technology Co.}},
year = {2026},
note = {Snapshot 2026-09-23, CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://www.wearewarp.com/research#datasets}
}
For instructors and students
Freight is scarce in textbooks and scarcer in datasets, so most transportation coursework runs on a 2015 rate table. The datasets above refresh from a live network, the calculators below are free with no signup, and every number on this site traces to a dated source on the methodology page. Warp is a member of the University of Washington Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center.
Five assignments that run on this data
Rate spread on an identical shipment. Using the LTL Rate Index, compute the spread between the cheapest and most expensive named-carrier rate on each lane for the same 1-pallet, 500 lb shipment. Rank the 20 widest lanes and explain what origin density, distance, and carrier count do to the spread. Uses: LTL Rate Index · LTL rate benchmarks
Cost per mile by region. Join the LTL Rate Index to the Truckload Transit Times dataset on the lane key to get highway miles, then compute cost per mile by origin region. Compare against the national cost-per-mile figures on the benchmarks page and account for the gap. Uses: Both lane datasets · Benchmarks
Solo versus team transit and the hours-of-service constraint. From the Truckload Transit Times dataset, find every lane where a team crew saves a full day over a solo driver. Model what that day is worth for a perishable load and at what shipment value the team premium pays back. Uses: Truckload Transit Times · Transit time estimator
Fuel surcharge sensitivity. With the Fuel Surcharge Estimates dataset and the DOE diesel series, estimate how a $0.50 move in diesel changes the landed cost of a 10-pallet LTL order for each carrier. State which carrier schedule is most sensitive and why. Uses: Fuel Surcharge Estimates · Fuel surcharge calculator
Density, class, and the price of air. Take three real product dimensions, compute density and dimensional weight with the calculators, and price the same freight two ways: by density on the Warp basis and by NMFC class on a legacy tariff. Explain which pricing model rewards better packaging. Uses: Density calculator · Dimensional weight · CBM calculator
Want a custom cut of the data (a region, a commodity basis, a term-long refresh) or a guest session on how a freight network prices a lane? Ask through the contact form and say which course it is for. The keyless quote API needs no account for classroom use; the docs are here.
See the data in action
The research is built on real shipment data. Get a quote and see how Warp pricing compares to legacy LTL carriers on your lanes.
