Fleet management solutions provider Samsara looked at 130 million trips since the beginning of 2020 and found truck traffic running at 95% of prepandemic volumes, with more speeding and less hard braking.
Even as businesses have shut down, traffic data from Inrix showed that, as of April 17, 87% of all truck vehicle miles were still being driven.
In this new report transportation analytics company INRIX analyzed billions of anonymous location-based data points to understand the impact that COVID-19 is having on freight movement across the U.S.
Traffic bottlenecks and highway congestion have practically evaporated during the coronavirus pandemic, allowing freight to get to its destination much faster, according to the American Transportation Research Institute and traffic data provider INRIX.
Traffic data tracked by Inrix is indicating much quicker commute times for those on the roads during rush hour as more workers stay home. Plus, J.B. Hunt to pay bonuses, GE cutting its workforce, and St. Christopher’s Truckers Relief Fund facing a critical time.
Inrix, a transportation analytics firm based in Kirkland, Washington, has released a platform for cities and road authorities to digitize, manage and communicate local rules on the roadway, at the […]
