CALIFORNIA HOME TO SEVEN OF THE NATION’S TOP TRUCK BOTTLENECKS

The American Transportation Research Institute today released its annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, including seven in California.The American Transportation Research Institute today released its annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, including seven in California.

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.  

“California’s nearly 40 million residents depend on trucking to deliver the goods everyday – from the food we eat to the clothes we wear to the fuel we put in our cars,” said California Trucking Association CEO Shawn Yadon.  “But the congestion we experience daily costs trucking billions of dollars and harms our economy. ATRI’s bottleneck analysis gives us a roadmap of where investment is needed to make sure freight, and our economy, keeps moving.”

The seven bottlenecks in California are:

• No. 4   Los Angeles: SR 60 at SR 57 
• No. 10 Los Angeles: I-710 at I-105
• No. 15 San Bernardino: I-10 at I-15
• No. 31 Oakland: I-880 at I-238
• No. 44 Oakland: I-80 at I-580/I-880
• No. 50 Los Angeles: I-110 at I-105 
• No. 80 Corona: I-15 at SR 91

“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.