Automated Truck Lanes in Urban Area for Through and Cross Border Traffic

Autonomous trucks will soon be operational across the nation’s roadways. Yet, it is unclear how the design of highway infrastructure should be modified to accommodate autonomous trucks, to enable them to operate in such a way to maximize the economic, capacity and safety benefits. The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is proposing to develop and demonstrate, through microscopic traffic simulations, the concept of operations of autonomous truck lanes along the interstate freeways. Using the I-10 Freeway in the El Paso, TX region as the testbed, the research team will: (i) assess the existing structural, geometric and traffic designs in handling fully automated trucks, including the entrances, exits, and connectors; (ii) perform microscopic traffic simulations at critical locations to demonstrate design issues and the recommended design improvements; (iii) conduct a preliminary cost estimation on such infrastructure improvements.

• Record URL:
  • http://c2smart.engineering.nyu.edu/automated-truck-lanes-in-urban-area

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $135000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551747124

• 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:

  Connected Cities for Smart Mobility towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART)

  New York University
  Tandon School of Engineering
  Brooklyn, NY  United States 
• Performing Organizations:

  Connected Cities for Smart Mobility towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART)

  New York University
  Tandon School of Engineering
  Brooklyn, NY  United States 

  University of Texas at El Paso

  El Paso, TX  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Cheu, Kelvin

• Start Date: 20180301
• Expected Completion Date: 20190831
• Actual Completion Date: 20190831
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Border crossings; Costs; Freeways; Freight traffic; Highway design; Infrastructure; Traffic simulation; Truck lanes; Truck traffic; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: El Paso (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01692669
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Connected Cities for Smart Mobility towards Accessible and Resilient Transportation Center (C2SMART)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551747124
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Feb 14 2019 9:05AM