Development of a New Tool for Evaluating Infrastructure and Planning Impacts Related to Changes in Truck Traffic and Truck Technologies: Final Report

Researchers developed a set of integrated infrastructure-based and economic models to evaluate the infrastructure and planning impacts of increased numbers of automated trucks and truck platoons operating on Texas highways. As automated and platooned truck technologies evolve and their use in Texas highway corridors continues to grow, it is critical that state transportation planners and engineers are able to quickly evaluate the potential impacts of, impediments to, and solutions for addressing the impacts of these vehicles upon Texas highway infrastructure. The project developed a geographic information system dashboard-based Fast Web Tool that uses user-input conditions to calculate physical infrastructure impacts on bridges, on different types of asphalt and concrete pavements, and under flooding or other soil conditions; and that allows economic analysis of the impacts of a given scenario over time. This project builds on the findings of TxDOT Project 0-6984, Evaluate Potential Impacts, Benefits, Impediments, and Solutions of Automated Trucks and Truck Platooning on Texas Highway Infrastructure, completed by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute in 2020.

• Record URL:
  • https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-7124-R1.pdf
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• Summary URL:
  • https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-7124-PSR.pdf
• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/75709
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System
  3135 TAMU
  College Station, TX  United States  77843-3135

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Implementation Office
  125 E 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Morgan, Curtis
  • Birgisson, Bjorn
  • Warner, Jeffery
  • Sharma, Sushant
  • Prieto, Bill
  • Steadman, Maxwell
  • Güneralp, Inci
  • Hales, Billy
  • Ahasan, Rakibul
  • Guo, Yadong
  • Cai, Shengxin
• Publication Date: 2024-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 114p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Economic analysis; Infrastructure; Traffic platooning; Transportation planning; Truck traffic; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01926562
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-24/0-7124-R1, 0-7124-R1
• Contract Numbers: 0-7124
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 6 2024 10:35AM