Quetica’s Mark Berndt presented at the Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota’s 25th annual Freight and Logistics Symposium. His presentation topic was increasing the resilience of supply chains. The event this year focused on future trends in freight and supply chain resiliency, including topics such as USDOT’s Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) initiative, an exploration of […]

Quetica’s abstract entitled “Optimizing Winter Maintenance Operations with Stacked Technology Solutions” was submitted and accepted for Topic 4 “New technologies and methods in winter service“ of the XVIth World Winter Service and Road Resilience Congress, Calgary 2022. This paper discusses a winter operations support framework that integrates route optimization, winter operations event management, fleet telematics, […]

Quetica’s freight practice area leader, Mark Berndt, was recently published in Urban, Planning and Transport Research – An Open Access Journal, Volume 9, 2021 – Issue 1. Mr. Berndt served as a contributing author for the research paper “Multi-criteria prioritization of highway-rail grade crossing for improvements: case study,” which presents a multi-criteria methodology for prioritizing […]

Mark Berndt presented during an Interactive Showcase Session at Transportation Research Board’s Innovations in Freight Data Workshop in September 2021. The workshop facilitated conversations between freight data users and decision makers to learn and share the latest applications of traditional and emerging freight data sources, development of value-added features, integration of data sets, and other innovations. Mr. […]

Quetica Awarded Town of Shrewsbury Snowplow Route Optimization Services Project Quetica was awarded a project to work with the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to provide snowplow route optimization services. The primary goal of route optimization and management is to streamline snow and ice program operations. The objective of the project is to identify the optimal […]

Quetica Providing Route Optimization Services for Province of New Brunswick Quetica was awarded a project to work with Province of New Brunswick to provide route optimization and route optimization management services for approximately 450 vehicles, including plow trucks, graders and loaders. The project scope of work includes building a route optimization model, which will support the […]

Travero, a longtime Iowa transportation company, has started construction on a logistics park at Cedar Rapids that by this time next year will unite shippers with the nation’s Class I rail network and beyond. Between 2014 and 2016, Iowa’s Department of Transportation and consulting firm Quetica carried out the groundbreaking Statewide Freight Transportation Network Optimization Strategy. One of the key […]

About 25 years ago, Rick Langer, a veteran, organized a pheasant hunting trip (now an annual occasion) for veterans, all of whom are life-long friends. This annual trip is a time to gather, share memories and enjoy the outdoors with some sport. Over the years, the hunt has evolved and now the group heads to […]

The City of Pittsburgh recently issued a press release stating the City saved more than $1 million from new road salt distribution methods adopted by the Department of Public Works.  In 2018, Quetica began working with the City to provide snow management and optimization services. Mayor William Peduto stated, “The technology is already paying for […]

Based on Quetica’s freight analysis and optimization work with the Nebraska Department of Transportation, Quetica’s consultants and engineers are working in coordination with Central Nebraska Transload and the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, to develop a business plan and site infrastructure to take advantage of significant, regional business opportunities to help grow this rural community […]