WASHINGTON — The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released its 12th annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, and the state of California placed eight locations on the list, including three in the top 10.
“California’s trucking industry faces unprecedented disruption, with the state’s bottlenecks causing supply chain delays and increased freight costs,” California Trucking Association CEO Eric Sauer said. “As ATRI’s 2023 Top 100 Truck Bottleneck List points out, these bottlenecks highlight the urgent need for infrastructure improvements and smart solutions to support the flow of goods in the state.”
The 2023 Top Truck Bottleneck List measures the level of truck-involved congestion at over 300 locations on the national highway system. The analysis, based on an extensive database of freight truck GPS data, 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 also used to support numerous U.S. DOT freight mobility initiatives. The bottleneck locations detailed in this latest ATRI list represent the top 100 congested locations, although ATRI continuously monitors more than 300 freight-critical locations.
The eight California bottlenecks are:
- No. 7 Los Angeles SR 60 at SR 57.
- No. 8 Los Angeles: I-710 at I-105.
- No. 10 San Bernardino: I-10 at I-15.
- No. 40 Oakland: I-880 at I-238.
- No. 41 Corona: I-15 at SR 91.
- No. 58 Los Angeles: I-110 at I-105.
- No. 85 Oakland: I-80 at I-=580/I-880.
- No. 93 Los Angeles: Sr91 at SR 55.
“The past year-plus has shone a spotlight on our supply chains, and how congestion and other pressures can hurt the American economy and consumers,” American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear said. “ATRI’s bottleneck report highlights the areas of our transportation network in need of investment so we can get goods and people moving. The cost of doing nothing is felt in needless delays, wasted fuel and time.”
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 also providing animations created with truck GPS data for select bottleneck locations, all available on the website.
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