INRIX Freight Traffic Scorecard

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(This thread is intended for drifting from the AR Diesel Tax thread, and may drift into the fictional highways section)

http://www.inrix.com/scorecard/freight.asp

I don't like how the map neglects four lane expressways and a few freeway routes; it's obvious from it that the NE/IA 2 corridor between I-80 and I-29 handles a lot of freight, and I have to wonder about some of the other ones such as the Avenue of the Saints.

[3467]

US 34 IL and IA is close to the Avenue too. This INRX leaves out a lot of routes. I would really like to see a national map of Interstate and US routes with total volume and percent truck volume. The only one I have ever seen is from teh National Atlas in 1967. We supposedly have a Bureau of Transportation Statistics

[huskeroadgeek]

(This thread is intended for drifting from the AR Diesel Tax thread, and may drift into the fictional highways section)

http://www.inrix.com/scorecard/freight.asp

I don't like how the map neglects four lane expressways and a few freeway routes; it's obvious from it that the NE/IA 2 corridor between I-80 and I-29 handles a lot of freight, and I have to wonder about some of the other ones such as the Avenue of the Saints.

I can attest to the fact that NE/IA 2 handles a lot of freight-always lots of trucks on the road. At least the road can handle it now-I remember what it was like before it was made into a 4-lane expressway. Things will be even better whenever they finally get the south bypass around Lincoln built.

[Revive 755]

^ I'm curious though how high the truck volume can go before further upgrades to the corridor (besides the dormant SPUI for the eastern NE 2/US 75 intersection) become needed.  The I-29/IA 2 interchange already needs at least a traffic light since trying to go west on IA 2 from NB I-29 can take a while if one gets a semi in front (which seems to be almost every time I've been through that interchange).

[huskeroadgeek]

It's not unusual to see 5-6 vehicles and at least a couple of them trucks lined up coming off NB I-29 at IA 2 at heavy traffic times. I agree-they really need a traffic light there. I haven't heard any updates recently about starting work to upgrade the US 75 S intersection to an interchange, but that really needs to be done too.