Nearly 30 years ago, Rick Langer, a disabled veteran, organized a pheasant hunting trip (now an annual occasion) for veterans, including disabled veterans, all of whom have become life-long friends. This year may have been a cold, but that didn’t…

The Mid-America Freight Coalition and the Institute for Trade and Transportation Studies in Kansas City held a conference in August 2024 to discuss innovations in freight policy, planning and operations. Sixteen State Departments of Transportation and their planning partners attended…

Quetica's Ben Zietlow speaks at the 2024 Minnesota Transportation Conference & Expo in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The presentation was on Quetica’s Freight Intelligence Tracker (QFIT), a tool that integrates traditional commodity flow data with private sector shipping records to drive…

Quetica is part of the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) team selected to conduct the INtermodal Freight Optimization for a Resilient Mobility Energy System (INFORMES) under a competitive federal research grant program. The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded $2.2…

The Center for Transportation Studies - University of Minnesota published its recent monthly newsletter on the latest transportation innovations at the University of Minnesota. Quetica's Mark Berndt was a key contributor at the 26th Annual Freight and Logistics Symposium: Zero-Emission…

Transportation corridors are defined by the infrastructure, services, and relationships connecting places. A corridor can be a national resource connecting large cities, a regional passage connecting a state’s trade centers, or local pathways connecting through a city or town. This…

In February 2024, Quetica’s Ben Zietlow collaborated with industry leaders in connected transportation solutions at the Geotab Connect 2024: Building Trust Through Transparency in a New Era of Data Predictability event in Las Vegas, Nevada. More than 3,000 participants participated…

Quetica’s Mark Berndt moderates during the lectern session, Inland Waterways Resilience and Impact on Agriculture Supply Chains, at the Transportation Research Board’s 103rd Annual Meeting in January 2024. The inland waterway system is critical to domestic and national supply chains;…

Quetica’s Ben Zietlow presented during a poster session at Transportation Research Board’s 102nd Annual Meeting in January 2023. Many of the sessions and workshops during the event focused on this year’s spotlight theme: Rejuvenation Out of Disruption: Envisioning a Transportation…

Quetica presented at the Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota’s 25th annual Freight and Logistics Symposium. The presentation topic was increasing the resilience of supply chains. The event this year focused on future trends in freight and supply chain…