The Latest from Replica

Replica for Model Updates and Validations

MPOs around the country need recent, trustworthy data to maintain and update the travel demand models they rely on. Replica makes it possible for agencies to augment the data they get from surveys and manual counts with data that has greater coverage and more detail, at lower cost.

Connections in Kansas City: Replica’s 2024 KC User Summit

Last week, we hosted an afternoon of customer spotlights and exclusive product demonstrations at Replica HQ. Here are the highlights!

Bridging the Gap: How the Future of Transportation sits at the Intersection of Operations and Planning

Replica builds applications and analytics to support Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) strategies nationwide. By combining what were traditionally siloed planning or operations workflows into an integrated toolset, we’re making it easier for agencies to manage performance from a systems perspective and consider the entire project lifecycle.

How RMI used Replica to create GridUp, a tool for forecasting future EV power needs

Rocky Mountain Institute's new tool, GridUp, leverages Replica data to bring agencies new insight into where to site electric vehicle charging infrastructure. We spoke to the team behind the creation of the tool.

Use Case: Using Replica’s Road Closure Scenario App to Understand the Impact of Closing Wilshire through MacArthur Park in LA

Running scenario analyses for road closures doesn’t have to be slow, expensive, and a headache. With Replica’s new app, easily select links and submit a scenario (or two), and get results back within a week. Then dive in to understand not just the number of trips impacted, but traffic diversion patterns, the most affected times of day, and the demographic profiles and trip purposes of those diverted from their original route.

Who’s Paying the (Literal and Metaphorical) Toll: Mapping the Congestion Pricing Commute

Replica collaborated with Felt to visualize Replica’s detailed data on commute patterns and explore who would be most impacted by congestion pricing in New York. Use the interactive map to understand just how many people drive into the Congestion Zone for work from your neighborhood and how that compares to commuters overall.

Replica 2024 H1 Wrapped

We’ve been laser-focused on making applications and high-quality seasonal data available on the Replica Platform. Check out everything that’s been released in 2024 and read about what’s coming next.

Mapping the Country's Most Critical Bridges

Who bears the burdens and reaps the benefits of our country’s road infrastructure? We created the first nationwide database of bridge conditions that also includes information on who uses each bridge, in order to help prioritize the allocation of significant funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in more equitable ways.

Introducing Fall 2023 Places Data

Replica is thrilled to announce the release of Fall 2023 Places, our most detailed mobility data. Each new Places season offers highly detailed data that demonstrates complete travel behavior across the entire country, down to the network link level.

Three Highlights from Replica’s NorCal User Summit

Last week, we had the opportunity to host our third user summit at our office in Oakland, California. We wrote about the top three highlights from the event.

Using Replica’s Road Closure Scenario Tool to Forecast the Impact of Construction in San Ramon, California

In order to install a bike and pedestrian overcrossing, the City of San Ramon will need to stop traffic on Bollinger Canyon Road for nine days, forcing roughly 40,000 trips to be rerouted each day. As the winner of Replica’s Road Closure Scenario contest, the City received a free road closure Scenario to better understand the potential impact of rerouting these 40,000 trips and inform appropriate diversion plans and signal modifications given the forecasted traffic impacts. We’re sharing the results of that scenario — which took less than 1 week from start to finish — below.

2023 AADT Part 2: Nationwide Freight AADT

As part of our release of 2023 AADT data, we visualized volumes on the nation’s Interstate Highway System with breakdowns for commercial shipping trips. Scroll down for an interactive map and to see volumes for your jurisdiction.