New York Home to Some of the Nation's Top Truck Bottlenecks

12/02/2019 05:00

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Transportation Research Institute today released its annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, and five New York locations made the top 100.

The 2019 Top Truck Bottleneck List assesses the level of truck-oriented congestion at 300 locations on the national highway system. The analysis, based on truck GPS data from nearly 1 million heavy duty trucks uses several customized software applications and analysis methods, along with terabytes of data from trucking operations to produce a congestion impact ranking for each location. ATRI's truck GPS data is used to support the U.S. DOT's freight mobility initiatives. The locations detailed in this latest ATRI list represent the top 100 congested locations.

"With more than 8 million residents and nearly 8 times as many visitors each year, New York City generates tremendous demand for all the goods delivered by truck, including food, clothing, and fuel," said Trucking Association of New York President Kendra Hems. "Trucks deliver 91 percent of all goods coming into or out of New York City so when traffic congestion brings trucks to a standstill, everyone pays the price. ATRI's analysis provides direction on where infrastructure investment will have the greatest payoff for our citizens and our economy."

The five bottlenecks in New York are:

No. 20 Brooklyn: I-278 at Belt Parkway
No. 40 Queens: I-495
No. 76 Manhasset: I-495 at Shelter Rock Road
No. 83 Rye: I-95 at I-287
No. 99 Buffalo-Niagara Falls: I-90 at I-290

"ATRI's research shows us where the worst pain points are – but they are far from the only ones. This report should be a wakeup call for elected leaders at all levels of government that we must act quickly to address our increasingly congested highway system," ATA President and CEO Chris Spear said. "Without meaningful investment in our nation's infrastructure, carriers will continue to endure billions of dollars in congestion-related costs – which results in a self-inflicted drag on our economy."

For access to the full report, including detailed information on each of the 100 top congested locations, please visit ATRI's website at TruckingResearch.org.

ATRI is the trucking industry's 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization. It is engaged in critical research relating to freight transportation's essential role in maintaining a safe, secure and efficient transportation system.

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