Freight Movement

Understanding Freight Movement at All Scales

RSG helps agencies and businesses understand how freight moves today and how it will move tomorrow. We leverage observed, empirical mobility datasets and develop behavioral freight models to deliver clear, defensible answers about statewide and regional freight growth, freight corridors, logistics hubs, site access, truck parking, and last-mile activity. Our insights guide infrastructure planning and improvements that keep pace with e-commerce growth and evolving supply chains.

Freight is the economy’s lifeblood, and it’s changing fast. Rapidly evolving supply chains, new warehouse types, and shifting delivery patterns are putting added pressure on transportation networks and communities.

• Supply chains are shifting fast: Rapid changes in warehouse types and delivery patterns are increasing pressure on transportation networks.
• Data limitations create blind spots: Fragmented datasets, inconsistent vendor products, and assumptions often under-represent key facilities and last-mile dynamics.
• Traditional tools need reinforcement: They remain valuable but rarely capture the full picture needed to prioritize projects or assess freight impacts on people, places, and infrastructure.
• Resilience is becoming essential: Planners must forecast demand, reduce modal conflicts, and build systems that can adapt to rapidly changing freight needs.

RSG turns the complexity of freight movement into clarity. We help agencies and businesses make sense of freight data through advanced freight modeling and analysis that reveal how goods move through supply chains.

• Combine observed and behavioral data: Empirical mobility datasets paired with behavioral freight models deliver clear, defensible insight.
• Improve accuracy and reduce bias: Integrating the optimal mix of mobility datasets strengthens planning fidelity across freight studies.
• Deliver decision-ready findings: Insights support freight growth analysis, corridor planning, logistics hub evaluation, site access needs, truck parking, and last-mile activity.
• Support smarter infrastructure investments: Local, state, and national experience helps clients make data-driven decisions that strengthen both the economy and communities.