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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…
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Date Posted
01/29/2024

Simulation Study Estimates Energy Use Reduced by 5.7 Percent When 20 Percent of Package Deliveries Are Shifted from Truck to Drone-Based Delivery.

Methodology The research team digitized a map of 13 delivery routes in the Minneapolis metropolitan area taken from the NREL study, characterized the delivery districts, created a comparable set of…
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Date Posted
06/28/2021

Vehicle Routing Algorithm Reduces Air Pollutant Exposure by 30 Percent for 40 Percent of Truck Trips with Only Modest Increases on Travel Time.

Methodology Link-based traffic activities were fed into an emission model to estimate the total amount of human exposure to pollutant emissions generated by trucks. The estimated exposure value…
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Date Posted
05/25/2021

Continuous Outreach and Engagement Contributes to the Success of Technology Deployment.

This study led to the following lessons learned: “Collaboration between public and private sector stakeholders resulted in an overall better understanding of the individual segments of the petroleum…
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Date Posted
04/30/2021

SmartPark benefit-to-cost assessments should be conducted early in a deployment to enable private truck stop operators time to build a solid business case for participation.

Key findings and deployment recommendations: Start projects where potential benefit-to-cost ratios are greatest. Benefit-to-cost assessments should be conducted early in a SmartPark project to…
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Date Posted
06/30/2020

More than half of commercial truck drivers prefer to use roadside dynamic message signs (DMS) or mobile devices to obtain parking information while about one-third still rely on books and maps.

FINDINGS Commercial truck drivers prefer to obtain parking availability information through roadside dynamic message signs (DMS); however, about 55 percent of drivers use traveler information…
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Date Posted
06/30/2020

SmartPark systems deployed in multiple states suggest that for every $1 invested, between $3.30 to $7.80 will be returned in mobility, safety, environmental, and operational benefits.

FINDINGS The potential high costs of deploying a SmartPark project have been a deployment barrier. Although some projects such as those implemented by the Mid America Association of State…
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Date Posted
06/15/2020

State agencies should facilitate the spread and usage of data for commercial vehicle operations, suggests VDOT analysis.

The report concluded with the following recommendations. It also highlighted possible avenues through which the recommendations might be most efficiently implemented. VDOT Traffic Engineering…
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Date Posted
11/26/2019

Telematics technology provides many benefits to trucking fleets.

FINDINGS Increase efficiency - Drivers who know their behavior is being monitored tend to perform according to company and regulatory standards, which can reduce accidents and damage to vehicles…
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Date Posted
08/28/2019

Sixty-seven (67) percent of truck drivers reported that receiving real-time parking information via onboard computer applications significantly improved their ability to find parking.

METHODOLOGY Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers and carriers operating on I-94 were surveyed to better understand their perceptions of parking shortages and the utility of parking information…
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Date Posted
02/21/2019