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Regional Travel Metrics

Support transportation planning, road maintenance and commercial projects by deep diving into travel, distance, idle metrics and segmentable traffic counts.

Map out regional travel trends

The Regional Travel Metrics (RTM) module offers extensive historical data and reliable insights from over four million commercial vehicles. With granular and contextual information on vehicle movements, including detailed vehicle characteristics and travel distances, address challenges in accurate long-term planning and strategic decision-making. This module enables enhanced regional planning, infrastructure management, road maintenance, freight planning and strategic site selection by providing the necessary data to make informed decisions in transportation and infrastructure projects. Use RTM to support your economic planning and policy-making, solving the issue of inadequate data by giving you access to reliable vehicle travel insights.

Get the full picture on regional travel

Access reliable insights into actual vehicle travel patterns, enhancing road maintenance, freight planning and more with comprehensive data.

Expansion Factors 3.0 provides segmentable total traffic volumes representative of all vehicles (both commercial and non-commercial) across the United States. This validates the comprehensiveness and reliability of the traffic volume data to help you accurately understand traffic patterns.

Altitude is the primary source of commercial vehicle data from over four million vehicles. This means we can surface nuanced insights into vehicle class, vocation, fuel type and industry, providing unparalleled data integrity and accuracy.

All Altitude travel pattern data is highly granular and segmentable by vehicle types. This allows users to focus on specific areas of interest, providing insights beyond just total traffic volumes and enhancing strategic planning.

Our stringent confidentiality and privacy standards allow us to deliver all insights without compromising driver, vehicle or company information.

Decode roadway dynamics

Use essential tools to understand roadway conditions with insights into travel distances and segmentable counts for resilient infrastructure.

Distance traveled

Assess total vehicle miles/kilometers traveled (VMT/VKT) within specific geographies to provide insights into road usage and maintenance needs by calculating the distances vehicles travel, supporting strategic planning and resource allocation.

Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT)

Retrieve accurate traffic volume metrics with modeled AADT to get reliable road segment data, supporting comprehensive regional planning and effective infrastructure management.

Traffic demand analysis

Understand the traffic an area generates or attracts by analyzing trip counts starting and ending within a zone to determine traffic demands and efficiently manage congestion.

Idle metrics

Get the idle duration, limited to idling at the start or end of trips, for geographies of interest by identifying high idle times to improve traffic management and reduce emissions.

Fuel economy metrics

Get the observed fuel economy for different vehicle classes by geography to plan fuel stations and evaluate environmental impacts by understanding fuel consumption patterns.

Roadmap to better outcomes

Get crucial insights into vehicle travel patterns and distances to aid in effective planning and management across different scenarios.

Support freight planning

Transportation planners gain access to accurate information that informs better planning decisions. This module offers essential metrics like AADT (Annual Average Daily Traffic), supported by granular traffic volume data across various road types, including Motorway, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Trunk segments. These insights help planners understand system usage, congestion and infrastructure resilience, promoting well-maintained freight routes that support the economy.

Precision site selection

Developers can make informed decisions based on where their ideal customers will be, not just areas with high traffic volumes. By analyzing vehicle travel patterns and characteristics, this module provides essential metrics for strategic site selection based on actual traffic patterns, aiding in predicting traffic and identifying high-potential retail locations.

Grid impact planning

Understand where commercial fleets are likely to need charging infrastructure. This module supports strategic planning for grid electrification by providing insights into vehicle travel patterns and characteristics, helping identify optimal locations for charging stations. This ensures infrastructure meets future demand efficiently and supports biodiesel, electric, ethanol, hydrogen and other alternative fuels.

Improve road safety

Transportation and city planners can use this module to predict where interventions are needed to improve road safety and reduce congestion. By analyzing vehicle travel patterns and characteristics, this tool provides essential metrics for identifying high-risk areas and implementing targeted safety measures, promoting safer roadways and improved traffic flow.

About the Altitude platform

Altitude by Geotab provides reliable and contextualized mobility insights for public and commercial sector decision-makers to gain a complete understanding of movements across road networks.

This enables our customers to achieve improved planning capabilities as well as better financial outcomes, without the challenge of finding trustworthy and usable data sets.

As the primary source and processor of mobility data, we prioritize complete confidentiality and privacy while maintaining the full context of vehicle movements.

Gain perspective with Regional Travel Metrics

Unlock detailed insights into vehicle travel patterns and characteristics. Book a demo to learn how Regional Travel Metrics can enhance your understanding of vehicle movements and improve decision-making.