Impacts of Connected Vehicles and Automated Vehicles on State and Local Transportation Agencies--Task-Order Support. State and Local Impacts of Automated Freight Transportation Systems
Automation of the freight transportation sector is evolving rapidly, and the developments are posing challenges and opportunities for state and local agencies. For instance, much of the impetus toward trucking automation is coming from the private sector, including technology companies as well as trucking firms. Their expectations are that the public sector will maintain or build infrastructure, and enact regulatory changes that enable any new technology to enter the market. Before this can happen, significant government action will be required to create the operational, infrastructure, and regulatory environment conducive to known automation technology, with the flexibility to incorporate unforeseen technologies. There are several near-term freight system automation developments. The relative ease of automating limited-access urban highway is encouraging new operational concepts where distribution centers and warehouses are located adjacent to highway access points in anticipation of scenarios where drivers deliver trucks to an access point, followed by an automated line haul run to access points where drivers once again take over. There is widespread experimentation in first- and last-mile automated freight delivery, and already local governments are struggling to keep up with legal, regulatory, safety, and land use issues. Multimodal environments, including rail terminals, inland ports, sea ports, and airports present different operating environments for the introduction of the same types of automation technologies. Research is needed to enable state and local agencies to determine questions that must be addressed and decisions that are required regarding automated freight transportation movement technologies, and to identify the information and data required to guide those decisions. The objective of this research is to develop a decision framework for state and local agencies to (1) identify, evaluate, and address the potential impacts (both positive and negative) of connected and automated freight transportation movement technologies on policies and practices; and (2) identify ways in which state and local agencies can enable automated freight transportation technologies. The decision framework should be simple, scalable, and sustainable.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Completed
- Funding: $339990
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Contract Numbers:
Project 20-102(22)
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Sponsor Organizations:
National Cooperative Highway Research Program
Transportation Research Board
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
444 North Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Project Managers:
Wadsworth, Trey
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Performing Organizations:
Tioga Group, Incorporated
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Principal Investigators:
Smith, Daniel
- Start Date: 20190916
- Expected Completion Date: 20220430
- Actual Completion Date: 20220430
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automation; Autonomous vehicles; Connected vehicles; Decision support systems; Freight transportation; Impacts; Local government agencies; Market penetration; Plan implementation; State departments of transportation; Transportation planning
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01687627
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project 20-102(22)
- Files: TRB, RIP
- Created Date: Dec 3 2018 4:03PM