ABF Freight System, Fort Smith, Ark., announced faster transit times in more than 24,000 station-to-station lanes including approximately 1,300 new next-day lanes and 21,000 new second-day lanes.
As a result, ABF has reduced transit by at least one day in over 445 million zip-to-zip combinations.

Called the Regional Performance Model, or RPM, the network first offered regional service along the eastern seaboard in 2006 and later added regional service for the eastern two-thirds of the United States in early 2007. The latest enhancement reduces the transit times in over 25 percent of the lanes in the carrier's North American network. By the end of 2008, ABF plans to expand RPM to the western United States to provide next-day and second-day service throughout the country.

RPM runs in parallel with the carrier's long-haul network, enabling customers the convenience of one carrier to handle their regional, inter-regional, and long-haul freight while boosting the reliability of both networks.