Use of Truck GPS Data for Freight Forecasting
Given trucks’ importance in moving freight, relatively little is known about their travel patterns particularly in urban areas. Global positioning systems (GPS) used by trucking companies are a source of truck probe data that is just starting to be utilized for a variety of applications including modeling. The Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC), Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), and the University of Washington (UW) have partnered on a research effort to collect and analyze GPS truck data from commercial, in-vehicle, fleet management systems used in the central Puget Sound region. Among other uses, this GPS information, which is in essence a by-product of trucking industry operations, is evaluated for its feasibility to supply quantitative information that will support truck and freight models. Specifically, this paper investigates the ability to use truck GPS data to develop trip generation data. A case study of the grocery store industry is offered to highlight the efficacy of the tool.
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Authors:
- Bassok, Alon
- McCormack, Edward D
- Outwater, Maren L
- Ta, Chilan
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2011-1-23 to 2011-1-27
- Date: 2011
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: DVD
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 13p
- Monograph Title: TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Case studies; Commercial vehicle operations; Data collection; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Global Positioning System; Quantitative analysis; Traffic forecasting; Trucking; Vehicle fleets
- Uncontrolled Terms: Truck data
- Geographic Terms: Puget Sound Region
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01340464
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 11-3033
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: May 18 2011 2:09PM