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.
Read this blog to learn more about Altitude’s freight data lake, a digital storehouse of commercial vehicle data, and the importance of navigating it to achieve business goals. Discover five steps for effective data exploration, from identifying objectives to analysis. The post also highlights three use cases demonstrating how Altitude’s insights can be applied in transportation planning, such as for site selection, traffic-calming strategies, and improving truck parking.
Rental vehicle stop insights in Los Angeles indicate more frequent stop events compared to two other major urban regions in the U.S. This highlights a strong potential opportunity for vehicle rental companies to prioritize new revenue opportunities within the L.A. area.
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.
Our platform’s latest updates are built with the needs of today’s transportation planners in mind. Learn about what’s new in Altitude, the exciting events we have coming up and the many ways our solution is the ultimate answer for all your state freight planning needs.
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.
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.
