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

METHODOLOGY The study developed a surrogate model for drag-force and fuel consumption prediction in truck platooning under varying wind conditions. Fuel savings were quantified by analyzing…
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Date Posted
03/27/2024

A Case Study in Budapest, Hungary Showed Scenarios with Substantial Shared Automated Vehicle Use May Reduce Parking Demand by Up to 83 Percent.

METHODOLOGY In this study, the researchers conducted a survey to gain insights into the aspects needed for scenario building; namely, status quo and change in habits and preferences regarding car…
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Date Posted
02/29/2024

Japanese Study Revealed that Automated Buses and Taxis Can Reduce Travel Costs Up to 11 Percent in Bus Trips and 61 Percent in Taxi Trips, Respectively.

METHODOLOGY In this study, taxi operating costs were computed following the methodology from another research study from 2018, where the operating costs of taxis both with and without ride sharing…
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Date Posted
02/29/2024

Mathematical Model Revealed that Automated Vehicles Can Achieve 40-50 Percent Gains in Spatial Efficiency for Off-Street Parking Facilities.

METHODOLOGY The study formulated a methodology based on certain premises to optimize parking capacity in single-story, obstruction-free parking lots with square or rectangular layouts. It assumed AVs…
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Date Posted
02/29/2024

Illinois Study Revealed Line-Haul Delivery Costs Can Drop by 26 Percent with Fully Automated Truck Platooning.

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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Date Posted
01/26/2024

Survey Results from a Fully Automated Shuttle Service in Gainesville, FL with 42 Participants with Disabilities Showed an Increase in Automated Vehicle Acceptance After Riders Experienced the Technology.

METHODOLOGY In the study of the AVUPS, researchers enlisted participants with assistance from various stakeholders, including centers and facilities for PWDs, as well as community hubs like libraries…
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Date Posted
11/29/2023

Deploy Automated Shuttle Systems with Initial Low Operating Speeds for a Smoother Transition into Mixed Vehicle Environments.

Start with a low operating speed for smoother deployment of automated shuttle systems in mixed automated and traditional vehicle environments. This project demonstrated that a maximum speed of 18 km…
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Date Posted
11/20/2023

An Agent-Based Simulation Model of Automated Vehicles in San Francisco Estimated That Shared-Ride Home Pick-Up Services Would Result in a Cost Savings Benefit for 33 Percent of Trips With Human Drivers and 73 Percent of Trips With Fully Automated Vehicles

METHODOLOGY Six simulation scenarios were considered, assuming 100 percent market penetration of personal AV in the same horizon year as the base case scenario for the MTC-ABM: (i) Doubled highway…
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Date Posted
09/29/2023

System Dynamics Model Sensitivity Analysis in a Generic Rural Area Revealed Up to a 67 Percent Reduction in Traveler Wait Time with Automated Services Compared to Human-Driven Vehicles.

METHODOLOGY The sensitivity analysis assumed little transit and no TNC services in rural areas. The analysis considered three scenarios including human driven vehicles (HDV), automated vehicles (AV…
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Date Posted
07/27/2023