Delivering Boston’s Ride-Hailing Metrics

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Delivering Boston’s Ride-Hailing Metrics

Seeking to shed light on congestion causes, the Globe wanted granular detail for traffic contributed by vehicles driving for on-demand services such as Uber, Lyft, UberEats, DoorDash, and GrubHub.

Learn how StreetLight’s analysis confirmed that ride-hailing vehicles contribute substantially to congestion:

Data covered virtually every Boston roadway.
Granular metrics studied travel along specific roads, by time of day.
Analysis showed ride-hailing and delivery travel comprised up to 20% of congestion.

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Intersection Studies

Save time without relying on outdated equipment and get instant granular counts for any intersection at any time on any day.

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Metrics included:

Total, Inbound, and Outbound Intersection Traffic Volumes, AM/PM Peak Hours, Peak Hour Factor

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Business Consulting & Services

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Real Estate Site Selection, Portfolio Analysis, Due Diligence

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Private Transportation

Model demand for your mobility service – airline, eVTOL, train, micro-mobility, and more – to plan routes and hubs that capture your target customers.

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Travel Demand Modeling, Hub Site Selection, Route Planning

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Origin-Destination, Travel Patterns for many modes, Demographics and Trip Purpose

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Electric Vehicles, Energy & Utilities

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Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Site Selection, Grid Planning

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Traffic Volumes, Trip Length, Travel Time, Dwell Time, EV Travel Patterns, Demographics

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Technology, Data & Analytics

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Vehicle, Truck, Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Transit Travel Patterns

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Hospitality &Tourism

Analyze seasonal visitation to your region or property to forecast future tourism and manage traffic impacts.

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Visitation, Cut-Through Analysis, Congestion Management

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Traffic Counts, Origin-Destination, Top Routes for Travelers, Vehicle Speed

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Roadway Volumes

Position your projects for success with turnkey access to defensible and validated traffic counts for all roadways.

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Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) and more

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Active Transportation

Get the reliable data you need to justify your active transportation decisions and build infrastructure that reflects the reality of today.

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Transportation Modeling

Develop, calibrate, and validate your travel demand models’ granular analytics to ensure that your models properly forecast travel patterns.

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Truck Studies

Measure up-to-date truck activity across all road types to identify congestion bottlenecks and evaluate the economic impact.

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Congestion Management

Diagnose traffic patterns for all hours of the day to develop data-informed strategies that mitigate traffic congestion.

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Metrics included:

Volume, Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), Vehicle Hours of Delay (VHD), Planning Index, Buffer Time Index, Travel Time, Speed, and more

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Traffic Calming & Management

Easily fill data gaps, address residents’ top concerns, and justify infrastructure initiatives with insights into local and residential roads.

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Metrics included:

Volume, VMT/VKT, Speed, VHD, Congestion, Travel Time, Trip Length, Speed and Travel Time Percentiles, Demographics, and more

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Visitation Studies

Effectively manage operations by accessing on-demand visitation metrics that show when, how, and from where people travel to key sites.

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Metrics included:

Volume, Trip Origins, Travel Time, Trip Length, Trip Speed, Traveler Demographics, Home and Work locations

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Passenger Rail Studies

Evaluate network ridership for any time of day or day of week to help prioritize projects and advocate for bus and rail improvements.

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Ridership, Travel Time, Origin-Destination Pairs, Rider Demographics

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Retail & Restaurant

Choose the best locations for your business with mobility analytics that pinpoint customer demand to drive sales

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Site Selection, Trade Area Analysis, Electric Vehicle Charger Site Selection

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Traffic Counts, Trip Purpose, Demographics, Top Routes

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Automotive Aftermarket & Fueling

Understand demand for your automotive product or service with validated nationwide vehicle travel patterns.

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Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Market Research & Demand Forecasting

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VMT / VKT, Personal and Commercial Vehicle Roadway Volumes, Fleet Characteristics

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Safety Studies

Leverage powerful multimodal insights to zero in on opportunities to keep your community safe and equitable.

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Metrics included:

Volume, VMT/VKT, Speed, VHD, Congestion, Travel Time, Demographics, Trip Purpose, Speed and Travel Time Percentiles, and more

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Corridor Studies

Run multiple analyses for the same corridor in a few clicks to ensure that you are solving problems with a macro- and micro-level lens.

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Metrics included:

Volume, VMT/VKT, Speed, VHD, Congestion, Travel Time, and more

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Toll Usage

Analyze traffic patterns on popular routes near toll roads to evaluate the impact of toll changes on congestion, accessibility, and safety.

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Metrics included:

Origin-Destination, Top Routes between locations, Trip Speed, Travel Time, Trip Length, Traveler Demographics

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