Congestion cost trucking companies a record $94.6 billion in 2021, according to a new study published by the American Transportation Research Institute, with Nevada, Louisiana, Georgia and California seeing the biggest rate increases from a 2016 baseline.
“Whether it is recurring congestion or incident-related, the result is reduced capacity and a slowdown in vehicle speeds, which adds time to a trip,” stated ATRI, a nonprofit trucking research group, in its first congestion study update since 2018.
