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The Estimated Annual Cost to Operate a Port in a Major Urban Area with Level 4 Automated Trucks in Queue Ranges from $75.1million to $123.4 million.

As freight imports to the US continue to increase, several US agencies are seeking ways to improve the efficiency of drayage trucking at ports by evaluating the impacts of Intelligent Transportation…
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Made Public Date
01/26/2024

Virtual Gate Technology Used To Conduct Port Terminal Transactions at Off-Site Truck Staging Areas Can Improve Truck Loading and Waiting Times and Reduce Drayage Area Turn Times by 20 Percent Contributing To Benefit-To-Cost Ratios As High as 14.55.

METHODOLOGY The four solutions chosen for detailed feasibility analyses were: (i) off-site parking and staging, (ii) off-site parking and staging combined with a “virtual gate” where some terminal…
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Date Posted
01/26/2024

Total Installed Costs for Commercially Available Weigh-in-Motion Systems in Minnesota Range from $36,340 to $46,000 per Lane.

Weigh-in Motion (WIM) systems allow the measurement of vehicle weight and axle loads as vehicles drive over sensors embedded in the roadway. One evaluated system (System 1) included commercially…
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Made Public Date
12/27/2021

The Cost for a Single Augmented Reality (AR) Headset To Facilitate Commercial Vehicle Maintenance Training Was Estimated at $3,500.

The freight and logistics industry has accelerated its adoption of immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Although still in its…
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Made Public Date
09/16/2021

Advanced weigh stations with preclearance systems have benefit-to-cost ratios ranging from 8.9:1 to 12.8:1.

RESULTS The table below presents the BCR results for adding low-speed WIM and bypass lane in addition to preclearance system. Note that for basic fixed weigh stations this option includes adding a…
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Date Posted
05/23/2017

For the industry data sample provided in this analysis, RSC technology is more effective than ESC technology at preventing rollover, jackknife, and tow/stuck crashes, thus providing greater benefit to society and carriers with markedly lower installa

METHODOLOGYCrash RatesTo begin the RSS data analysis, it was first necessary to establish the crash rates for trucks equipped with ESC, RSC and no RSS technology. A separate crash rate was calculated…
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Date Posted
10/03/2013

Commercial trucks without speed limiters had a significantly higher crash rate (approximately 200 percent) compared to trucks equipped with speed limiters.

METHODOLOGY The primary safety analysis was focused on the reduction in truck crashes that could have been avoided or mitigated with an active speed limiter installed on the truck. This was the first…
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Date Posted
09/17/2013