Traffic Apps for Truckers Plus Top 10 Traffic Chokepoints and Route Planning Apps

Don’t Mess with Texas! Top 10 Congestion Chokepoints and Traffic Apps for Truckers

Texas may not have the worst congestion point on the list, but they have three locations on the list of top ten congestion chokepoints. Find out where you are most likely to get stuck in traffic and discover some cool apps you can use on the road to get out of a jam.

If the average American driver wasted 38 hours sitting in traffic last year, we can only imagine how much time traffic congestion impacted our transportation and trucking factoring clients! USA Today recently published an article citing an INRIX study that ranked the top 10 cities with the worst traffic overall this way.

Top 10 Worst Traffic Cities in America (U.S.) 10. Boston
9. Washington D.C.
8. Seattle
7. San Jose
6. Bridgeport
5. New York
4. Austin
3. San Francisco
2. Honolulu
1. Los Angeles

Transportation, logistics and truckers may not have the ability to by-pass those cities, but they should certainly consider timing their arrival at off-peak hours or checking current conditions on traffic apps to see whether it would be worthwhile to take an alternate route (assuming one is available). What is interesting to find out is that of the list above, only Austin and Los Angeles also makes the list of top 10 congestion chokepoints for truckers in the most recent edition of Inbound Logistics, in the TRENDS section.

The Inbound Logistics© article titled, “Texas: Truck Congestion’s Biggest Loser” cites data from ATRI’s Congestion Impact Analysis of Freight-Significant Highway Locations. Their list of the top ten congestion checkpoints for truckers puts the spotlight on the ten worst traffic spots for freight haulers, rated out of 250 locations nationwide. Here’s how the list shook out.

10 Worst U.S. Traffic Congestion Chokepoints (for Truckers)

10. Austin TX at I-35
9. Louisville KY at I-65 and I-64/I/71
8. Los Angeles CA at SR 60 and SR 57
7. St. Louis MO at I-70 and I-64 West
6. Houston TX at I-610 and US 290
5. Houston TX at I-45 and US 59
4. Cincinnati at I-71 and I-75
3. Atlanta GA at I-285 and I-85 North
2. Chicago IL at I-290 and I-90/I-94
1. Fort Lee NJ at I-95 and SR 4

Whether or not you find yourself hauling freight through one of these cities or congestion points, the fact is that sooner or later you will find yourself stuck in traffic somewhere looking for a quick way out, or a better way through. We found some great traffic apps for truckers you can check out when you need to map out the best route between two places or want to check real-time conditions to see how bad traffic is going to be.

5 Navigation, Route Planning and Traffic Apps for Truckers

Truck GPS Route Navigation (SmartTruckRoute and Smart Truck Route GPS) (Download for Android orIOS/Apple)

SmartTruckRoute / Smart Truck Route GPS and WorldNav Truck GPS is an app that helps commercial drivers navigate away from low bridges and areas where trucks aren’t permitted with turn by turn navigation. Maps and routing are updated daily. You can try the app out for free between 1-2 AM or 1-2 PM (EST) when SmartTruckRoute can be used at no cost.

Trucker Path / Trucker Path Pro (Download for Android or IOS/Apple)

Trucker Path Pro provides detailed information about major truck stops, number of truck parking spaces, directions, phone and fax numbers, nearby restaurants, and more (even fuel prices). It also includes information about weigh stations, rest areas, washes, scales, and much more and gives truckers the ability to plan their route with Trip Planner.

MyDAT Trucker (Download for Android or IOS/Apple)

This free app for truckers will put information about truck stops, rest stops, gas stations, walmarts, trucker friendly hotels and service stations at your fingertips. In addition, you can also access a limited number of nearby DAT Extended Network loads and get other community resources.

GasBuddy (Download for Android or IOS/Apple)

The free, user-updated GasBuddy app will help you find the cheapest gas on the go. Find nearby gas stations and see current gas prices, and for each gas price reported, you will even earn points toward a prize give-away!

Overdrive’s Trucker Tools (Download for Android or IOS/Apple)

This trucker’s app is free and gives truckers the ability to source coupons and local deals from more than 5,000 truck stops across the U.S. You can also use it to find the lowest diesel prices nearby, find truck stops, and get turn by turn navigation to each stop.

My Factoring Brokers Freight Factoring (Mobile Site)

While it’s not an app per se, we do have a mobile-friendly freight factoring company site you can access on the road that will allow you to get in touch with us quickly to set up freight factoring services, get information about or check the status of freight bills that you have sent to us for factoring.

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