Freight Planning

Traffic congestion is making a comeback since the pandemic dip, but a 2022 analysis shows it’s not too late to address it while ensuring cities thrive.

Redesigning the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) in New York, Stantec’s team imagined a stepwise approach to shift freight and passenger travel modes while reclaiming space for the community.

Sample size is key for data collection projects in transportation. In this post, we explore how we evaluated our sample size for commercial vehicles in CA.

Jason’s Law affects truck parking in every state, but how can you determine the optimal parking options? Fehr & Peers and StreetLight Data teamed up to study truck parking options on the I-5 corridor in California’s Central Valley. Our results can help DOTs increase highway safety for all drivers.

Truck traffic creates the most road wear, but what’s the best way to accurately measure truck traffic? That’s where Big Data comes in. GPS data can pinpoint trip origin, destination, route, duration, and more. Traditional truck traffic measurement just can't keep up.

How StreetLight InSight scanned large areas for specific truck driving and parking patterns to create a truck stop index across California.

Multiple examples of how analyzing commercial vehicle traffic can help planners optimize traffic flow and road usage.