Comprehensive Modeling and Analysis of Energy Options for the US Trucking Freight Transportation: Stakeholder Behavior, Infrastructure Planning, and Local Impacts (Phase 2)
Truck transportation is a vital component of the nation's economy, ensuring the efficient movement of goods across vast distances. Current energy policies emphasize unleashing domestic energy resources and streamlining regulatory frameworks to bolster economic growth and strengthen national security. Exploring all energy options for the trucking industry aligns with these objectives by potentially reducing logistics costs, enhancing national energy dominance, and supporting job creation within the transportation and energy sectors. To this end, a mixed-method approach will be employed to characterize and understand different energy options for the United States trucking freight sector. More specifically, this project investigates 1) stakeholder behavior in the adoption of different energy options in the US trucking sector; 2) national-level infrastructure planning and economic analysis for trucking energy production and distribution, and system evolution dynamics; and 3) local impacts of the adoption of different energy options by the US trucking sector. This project dovetails with the Center for Freight Transportation for Efficient and Resilient Supply Chain (FERSC) goal of maintaining the US economic competitiveness and security.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $315,000.00
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Contract Numbers:
69A3552348338
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Center for Freight Transportation for Efficient and Resilient Supply Chain
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, TN United States 37996 -
Project Managers:
Bruner, Britain
Kaplan, Marcella
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Performing Organizations:
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
842 W Taylor St
Chicago, IL United States 60607 -
Principal Investigators:
Zou, Bo
Lin, Jane
Kawamura, Kazuya
Mohammadian, Abolfazl
- Start Date: 20260101
- Expected Completion Date: 20261231
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Energy consumption; Energy resources; Stakeholders; Trucking
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01984386
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Freight Transportation for Efficient and Resilient Supply Chain
- Contract Numbers: 69A3552348338
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Mar 25 2026 5:33PM