Improving Freight Transport Mobility and Efficiency via Synchronization

Description: This research project will explore opportunities for dynamic re-planning of a facility’s inbound and outbound shipments as well as the rescheduling of trucks to minimize the impact of disruptions on the supply chain. A proof of concept system, focusing on cross-docks, will be developed. The goal of the proof-of-concept is to demonstrate how current connected vehicles and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies can be used to enable two-way communications between the cross-dock and connected trucks at different distances/time intervals to enable synchronized operations. To accomplish this, cross-dock operations and truck movements will be simulated and evaluated in an emulated environment using the Connected Vehicle Application Development Platform (CVDeP) developed by the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2). Intellectual Merit: The goals and objectives of the proposed research are to explore opportunities for dynamic re-planning of a facility’s inbound and outbound shipments as well as the rescheduling of trucks to minimize the impact of disruptions on the supply chain. A proof of concept system will be developed to show that dynamic re-planning and rescheduling can be facilitated by using connected vehicles and V2I. It is anticipated that the proposed proof-of-concept can be extended and applied to actual freight systems. Successful implementation of freight synchronization will create a transportation system that is: (1) more resilient to disruptions and (2) more efficient by requiring fewer resources to produce higher throughput. Additional benefits include reduced cost, fuel/energy consumption, and carbon footprint. Broader Impacts: The broad aim of this research project is to produce a useful and practical tool. To this end, the developed models and tools will be made available for use by South Carolina’s DOT, Council of Governments, and Department of Commerce. Codes, sample data sets, and tutorials will be made available on the C2M2 website as well as on Github for other researchers to access, analyze, and extend.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $112602
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747117

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility

  Clemson University
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634

  University of South Carolina, Columbia

  502 Byrnes Building
  Columbia, SC  United States  29208

  Clemson University

  110 Lowry Hall
  Box 340911
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634-0911
• Managing Organizations:

  University of South Carolina, Columbia

  502 Byrnes Building
  Columbia, SC  United States  29208
• Project Managers:

  Huynh, Nathan

• Performing Organizations:

  University of South Carolina, Columbia

  502 Byrnes Building
  Columbia, SC  United States  29208

  Clemson University

  110 Lowry Hall
  Box 340911
  Clemson, SC  United States  29634-0911
• Principal Investigators:

  Huynh, Nathan

  Ferrell, William

  Mason, Scott

• Start Date: 20200915
• Expected Completion Date: 20220916
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Connected vehicles; Freight consolidators; Scheduling; Supply chain management; Truck traffic; Wireless communication systems
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01838168
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747117
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Mar 6 2022 2:39PM