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Freight Traffic Vs. Tariffs Impact – Trend Tracker

Through our cross-border freight and port activity tracker, we cut through the complexity, offering clear, real-world insights into unfolding trends. By monitoring granular changes in HDV operations at these key trade nexuses, we empower businesses to better anticipate challenges, seize opportunities and navigate geopolitical influences on North American freight movement.

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Following up on the Gardiner Expressway renovation project with commercial vehicle insights

In our latest report, Altitude by Geotab analyzes the impact of ongoing construction on Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway using aggregated commercial vehicle data. Travel times have significantly increased, with morning commutes now taking nearly twice as long as before construction began in early 2024. The report highlights specific sections of the Gardiner experiencing the worst delays and shows how these changes impact both commuters and commercial vehicles. Altitude’s mobility insights provide valuable data for developing smarter traffic management strategies and mitigating congestion in affected areas.

The Rail Splitter expansion: How can stop data help us stay ahead of parking demand?

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is expanding the parking capacity from six to 18 spaces, recognizing the high demand and overflow parking issues. Analysis shows a significant portion of trucks park in overflow areas, and most long-duration stops occur at night when capacity is constrained. The author emphasizes that understanding stop duration and time-of-day behavior is crucial for planning infrastructure upgrades, not just stop counts. The post advocates for using stop-level insights to predict demand, improve safety, and optimize freight networks.

What is a freight planning tool and what are the most important things to look for in one?

Discover the key features of a freight planning tool and how it can support freight planning initiatives. Explore the value of Altitude by Geotab for supply chain optimization. Using a freight planning tool, you can simplify the process of developing and updating your state freight plan with the power of data. Freight planning solutions, such as a transportation analytics platform like Altitude, make strategizing easier by helping surface transportation inefficiencies and guiding your action plans to solve them. Learn more about how Altitude’s Origin & Destination module provides unprecedented granularity, showing in aggregate where most commercial vehicles are coming from and ending their routes, regardless of stops along the way.

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