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Mathematical Model Showed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Can Reduce Costs by 48.3 Percent and CO2 Emissions by 19.7 Percent in Parcel Deliveries, Especially Under Congested Traffic.

METHODOLOGY The study used a computer programming software tool to carry out an experiment and test the UAV routing model and GA with two restrictions: 1) deliveries are assumed to be completed…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
01/29/2024
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), Freight-Specific Dynamic Travel Planning (CVO09)
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Nationwide, United States

Illinois Study Found Automated Truck Platooning Powered by an Artificial Intelligence Model Can Reduce Average Fuel Consumption by 10 Percent and Delivery Cost by 26.5 Percent.

METHODOLOGY The study used the pre-trained surrogate model to determine the optimal platooning configuration to minimize fuel consumption under different wind scenarios. The performances of four…
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Benefit
Date Posted
03/31/2024
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (VS14), Automated Vehicle Operations (VS16)
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Illinois, United States

A Survey of Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators Found Truck Drivers Have Clear Preferences About In-Vehicle Alerts: 76 Percent Prefer Work Zone Alerts, 78 Percent Welcome Congestion Notifications, and 81 Percent Like Real-Time Information on Incidents.

METHODOLOGY Kentucky Transportation Cabinet’s (KYTC) open portal architecture, GoKY, provided the data used to enable the in-vehicle alerts. This portal displays transportation conditions, alerts,…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
02/28/2023
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), Autonomous Vehicle Safety Systems (VS01)
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Kentucky, United States

Educate Drivers on Automated Truck Platooning Systems and Signage to Increase Travel Speed and Throughput.

Influence the behavior of drivers interacting with automated truck platoons and facilitate efficient throughput by teaching drivers about platoons. In all cases for the educated…
Content type
Lesson
Date Posted
05/28/2022
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (VS14), Automated Vehicle Operations (VS16)
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Missouri, United States

Geofencing-Enabled Truck Routing to Protect Disadvantaged Communities Reduced NOx Emissions by 74 percent.

METHODOLOGY First, the eco-routing potential from the perspective of a carrier hauling truck fleet operating between different origin-destination pairs was explored in the form of expected cost-…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
07/01/2022
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), Low Emissions Zone Management (ST10)
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California, United States   |   Orange County, California, United States   |   California, United States   |   Ventura County, California, United States

Driver Simulator Study Showed 12.9 Percent Increase in Vehicle Speeds and 30.1 Percent Decrease in Headway Distances for A Two-truck Platoon After Automated Truck Platooning Training.

METHODOLOGY For the driver simulator tests, participants were asked to start in the right lane while approaching a work zone involving a right lane closure. As the subject-driven vehicle…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
05/28/2022
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (VS14), Automated Vehicle Operations (VS16)
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Missouri, United States

Florida Study Suggests Identifying Structures that Should Be Geo-Fenced As Restricted Platooning Zones When Implementing Driver Assistive Truck Platooning.

Include capacity change considerations with higher truck platooning penetration when evaluating the benefits of DATP. During the planning phase, DATP’s applicability for urban and rural road…
Content type
Lesson
Date Posted
04/27/2022
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (VS14), Automated Vehicle Operations (VS16)
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Florida, United States

Laboratory-based Tests Suggest the Use of External Human-Machine Interfaces to Improve Pedestrian Comprehension of Automated Vehicle’s Status and Intentions.

Make ADS vehicle movements more “readable” and consistent with existing road user expectations. Variation in vehicle driving styles may lead to difficulties in interpreting the intention of the…
Content type
Lesson
Date Posted
02/17/2022
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), V2V Special Vehicle Alert (VS04)
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Rockville, Maryland, United States

Synchronizing Automated Vehicle Signaling with Easy-to-Understand Behavior Strongly Improved Pedestrian Confidence in Field Study.

Methodology A study by a team of researchers based in the Netherlands sought to understand how an AV's yielding behavior impacted the efficacy of its eHMI system. The experiment used a prototype AV,…
Content type
Benefit
Date Posted
12/23/2020
Taxonomy (ARC-IT) Carrier Operations and Fleet Management (CVO01), Transit Pedestrian Indication (PT11), ITS Communications (SU07), Dynamic Roadway Warning (TM12), Vulnerable Road User Safety (VS12)
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Netherlands
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