As a direct consequence of our State's geography, population density and affluence, New Jersey roads serve a large number of trucks.
Many factors generate truck travel on New Jersey roads, as described below.
New Jersey has the highest population density of any State in the nation, and therefore has considerable in-state consumption of consumer goods moved by trucks. New Jersey has one of the highest per capita incomes in the nation, a factor which further increases our in-state consumption of consumer goods moved by truck. New Jersey is both part of and located midway in between the metropolitan centers of the Cities of Philadelphia and New York, Washington and Boston. New Jersey is within one day's drive of 100 million consumers. New Jersey has major international ports on both the Hudson River to our east and on the Delaware River to our west which serve both the region and as a gateway to the rest of the country.