Next, I entered each latitude/longitude into StreetLight InSight, located the rest stop, and drew a polygon around it to create my analysis zones.Īnd with that, my first question was answered – my parents were at the fourth busiest rest stop along I-95, the Chesapeake House rest stop. From there, I removed any rest stops that did not have any facilities – basically, rest stops that just have parking or a scenic view. To do this, I first downloaded a list of 103 rest stops by latitude/longitude from POI Factory. from Maine to Florida – during the months of June, July, and August in 2017. I used StreetLight InSight to analyze the volume of traffic entering and exiting 76 rest stops along I-95 – an interstate highway that runs down the East Coast of the U.S. In this post, I’ll show you what I found out, and share a few tips for evaluating your state’s rest stops. It wasn’t long before I realized that, as a StreetLight Data employee, I had the answers at my fingertips – it was just a matter of running a study with StreetLight InSight®, our on-demand transportation analytics platform. As my mom texted me from the rest stop parking lot, waiting for a tow truck at 11pm, I started to wonder: How many other people were at rest stops at such a late hour? Who else might be there with my parents? Was this rest stop typically a busy one? A few weekends ago, my parents’ car broke down on their way back home from New York, but fortunately they were able to make it to a rest stop. Now that we’re in the full swing of summer here on the East Coast, my friends and family have been taking road trips along I-95 – and for better or for worse, rest stops are an inevitable part of those trips.
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