SPR-4511: Integrating Transformative Technologies in Indiana’s Transportation Operations

Research objectives include: Documentation of the broader transportation impacts in Indiana of platooning and other emerging freight-carrying disruptive technologies and practices; Identification of favorable opportunities for Indiana & INDOT to capitalize on the likely future conditions of highway freight transportation; Establishment of proactive initiatives by the state to accommodate and foster the freight operations-related emerging technologies; Evaluation methodology for assessing truck platoon impacts that can be used by INDOT.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $210000
• Contract Numbers:

  SPR-4511

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University
  1284 Civil Engineering Building, Room 4154
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Principal Investigators:

  Labi, Samuel

  Fricker, Jon

  Gkritza, Konstantina

  Sinha, Kumares

• Start Date: 20201115
• Expected Completion Date: 20230814
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation and assessment; Freight transportation; Highway transportation; Methodology; Technological innovations; Traffic platooning; Trucks
• Identifier Terms: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Indiana
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01759552
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Indiana Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: SPR-4511
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Dec 3 2020 10:05AM