INRIX Research

Your resource for understanding the movement of people and goods across the globe.

2023 SCORECARD

INRIX 2023 Global Traffic Scorecard

The 2023 Global Traffic Scorecard analyzed three years of mobility data to identify and rank congestion and mobility trends in more than 900 cities, across 37 countries.

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Last-Mile Delivery Challenges

INRIX analyzed loading zone capacity in nearly 20 U.S. cities, along with a deeper dive in New York City - highlighting how often double parking occurs, the nearest loading zones and parking availability at those locations.

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2023 INRIX "Return to Office" Report

INRIX analyzed trips to 20 U.S. downtowns to determine how “Return to Office” plans have affected central business districts. Additionally, the report provides insight into telecommuting by industry, providing deeper insight into job-dense downtowns.

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The INRIX U.S. Signals Scorecard (2022 Annual Summary)

INRIX U.S. Signals Scorecard 2022 Annual Summary provides the most comprehensive baseline of signal system demand and performance published and benchmarks the post-Covid baseline - 'The New Normal'.

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INRIX School Traffic Safety Study

Due to the increased attention being paid to streets around schools, INRIX utilized Safety View by GM Future Roads & INRIX to examine the road network around 27 schools in DC.

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INRIX “Back to Office” Traffic & Activity Report

We analyzed vehicle trip, volume, and safety trends in 10 major U.S. cities to better understand how traffic and overall activity has changed in urban downtown cores as workers return to the office.

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Holiday Shopping Update

This new report from INRIX examines the holiday shopping trends of 2021 compared to those of 2020—the first holiday season of the COVID-19 pandemic. As consumers adopt new norms resulting from pandemic-related challenges, location intelligence will be a key driver of success for retailers across the United States.

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The Transportation Battle for Reducing Carbon Emissions Starts at the Intersection

While federal strategies to reduce GHGs are sweeping and broad-based, state and local governments are being asked to pitch in. Maximizing efficiencies out of the current system is much quicker and doesn’t require new and costly infrastructure.

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Mall Resurgence Proves Brick and Mortar Still Alive Despite Pandemic

Using INRIX IQ Location Analytics, this new report includes insights from over 500 retail locations across five major metropolitan areas. Transportation data reveals consumer trends on a location-by-location basis, and reflects the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting policy changes. 

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COVID-19 Effect on Collisions on Interstates and Highways

The INRIX Riskiest Roads study analyzes and ranks the effect the global pandemic had on automobile and truck collisions on America’s busiest Interstates and highways.

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The Utilization of COVID-19 Street Programs in 5 U.S. Cities

INRIX analyzed trillions of anonymous location-based data points in Minneapolis, New York, Oakland, Seattle and Washington DC to understand what impact a variety of different COVID-19 ‘Safe Street’ programs had on mobility trends.

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Car Dealership Visits During COVID-19

INRIX analyzed trips to more than 100 dealerships, in five major cities, to better understand consumer behavior in an industry with complex and dynamic challenges as it relates to COVID-19.

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European Truck Movement During COVID-19

INRIX examined vehicle miles traveled (VMT) to understand what happened to freight movement and passenger trips as a result of COVID-19 in Europe.

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European Passenger Travel Response to COVID-19

INRIX analyzed billions of anonymous data points to understand exactly how our cities, roadways, and supply chains have been affected by COVID-19. This new report analyses vehicle miles traveled to understand how the pandemic impacted movement and transportation across Europe.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Freight

By understanding what happened to long-haul freight movement and passenger vehicle trips as a result of COVID-19, we hope to provide insight into what to expect as this pandemic continues and what trends to expect when the economy starts to recover.

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Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Commuting & Retail

By understanding what happened in the first U.S. city to report cases and to adopt severe measures to curtail the virus transmission, we hope to give cities and businesses a preview of what they should expect if the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread.

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Electric Passenger Drones Could Dramatically Change Commutes, Housing Costs and City Growth

Electric Vertical Takeoff and Land (VTOL) passenger services stand to revolutionize urban mobility by providing fast, reliable trips to and from city centers and suburbs. The benefits of VTOL will accrue in the near-term to car or commuter rail-based moderate distances from city centers. Long-term VTOL will redefine what constitutes a metropolitan area by dramatically reducing travel times between communities in a region.

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Micromobility Potential in US, UK and Germany

Analyzing trillions of anonymous data points from hundreds of millions of connected devices, INRIX ranked the top American, British and German cities where micromobility services have the most potential to reduce vehicle trips. To demonstrate a city’s potential benefit for shared micromobility heat maps were constructed to score and visualize results for Los Angeles, New York City, London and Munich.

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Market Intelligence: Big Data Drives QSR Insights

Currently, most Quick Service Restaurants lack the ability to measure their performance relative to the competition. Location data provides a new means to analyze market share, size and potential, three critical components of success. A new INRIX Research study looked at the impact of Shake Shack openings on incumbent Chick-Fil-A, McDonald’s and Wendy’s restaurants.

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INRIX Automated Freight Corridor Assessment

Highly Automated Vehicles (HAVs) are poised to radically impact the future of the long-haul trucking sector. However, where their deployment is best suited for initial success remains unclear. Without smart planning, HAVs have the potential to clog roads, increase pollution and further divide mobility options. INRIX, the global leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, has identified corridors in the U.S., U.K. and Germany that are positioned to most immediately benefit from early autonomous trucking deployment.

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Cost of Driving Index

The INRIX Cost of Driving study calculated vehicle ownership costs in 30 major cities in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. The study found that the indirect, hidden costs of driving - such as sitting in traffic and searching for parking - carry a significant economic burden for drivers around the world.

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U.S. Traffic Hotspots Study

INRIX analyzed and ranked more than 100,000 traffic hotspots in the 25 most congested U.S. cities. The economic cost of hotspots was also calculated in terms of lost time, wasted fuel and carbon emissions over the next decade.

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Parking Insights

Impact of Parking Pain the US, UK and Germany

The world’s largest parking database, INRIX Parking, covering more than 8,700 cities in 100 countries was combined with the largest survey of drivers’ parking behavior and experiences. Nearly 18,000 drivers from 30 cities across the US, UK and Germany were included in the first study to quantify the economic cost of parking pain. Download the report to learn more about the real impact of parking on motorists and cities.

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Connected & Autonomous Vehicles Insights

INRIX Connected & Autonomous Vehicle Consumer Survey

INRIX conducted an in-depth consumer survey of over 5,000 people across the US, UK, Germany, France and Italy. This new study by INRIX Research reveals that traditional automakers are winning in the connected car and autonomous vehicle race. This latest research is a must-read for anybody interested in the future of the automotive industry.

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Autonomous Vehicle Report

INRIX Shared Highly Autonomous Vehicles City Study

It is crucial for public officials to proactively plan for autonomous vehicles using a data-driven approach aimed at tackling specific urban area needs. To see what urban areas could have the greatest proportion of vehicle travel replaced by HAVs, INRIX looked at one year’s worth of travel – nearly 1.3 billion trips – in and around the top 50 U.S. cities by population.

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Europe Traffic Hotspots Study

This study identified and ranked over 45,000 traffic hotspots across 123 cities in 19 European countries based upon the impact of over 200,000 traffic jams in September 2016 using the new INRIX Roadway Analytics tool.

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About INRIX Research

INRIX Research uses proprietary big data and expertise to make the movement of people and goods more efficient, safe and convenient.

We achieve this by leveraging 500 Terabytes of INRIX data from 300 million different sources covering over 5 million miles of road, and combining it with our other data sources including global parking, fuel, point of interest, public transport, and road weather information. Together, our data provides a rich and fertile picture of urban mobility that enables us to produce valuable and actionable insights for policy makers, transport professionals, automakers and drivers.

 

The INRIX Research team has researchers in Europe and North America and is comprised of economists, transportation policy specialists and data scientists, with a mix of research backgrounds from academia, think tanks and commercial research and development groups. We have decades of experience in applying rigorous, cutting-edge methodologies to answer salient, real-world problems.

INRIX Research will continue to develop the INRIX Traffic Scorecard as well as developing new industry-leading metrics and original research reports. In addition to our research outputs, INRIX Research is a valuable and free resource for journalists, researchers and policymakers. We are able to assist with data, analysis and expert commentary on all aspects of urban mobility and smart cities. Spokespeople are available globally for interview.

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