Feasibility Assessment of a Truck Automation Deployment Framework
In this paper, the authors frame the evaluation of commercial vehicle operations by balancing the considerations of operation efficiency, fuel consumption and safety impacts. It begins with reviewing the state of the art development in the area of truck automation. From this basis, the potential applications of truck automation technologies and their implications to safety and efficiency are assessed. By thoroughly examining the challenges of implementing and operating the concept of closely spaced truck platoons, a topic widely explored and researched in the last 10-15 years, the authors point out that such an approach is technically feasible but realistically difficult to deploy in real-world environments. Therefore a progressive deployment framework is proposed that provides an evolutionary path to reap the benefits offered by technological advancements in different stages of deployment. The framework offers the flexibility that will attract the stakeholders to invest and enter the market without heavy constraints of high market penetration that would be otherwise required. In the meantime, such a framework will enable smooth driving, increased highway capacity, higher energy efficiency and reduced emissions, in addition to reduced driver stress.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHB30 Vehicle-Highway Automation.
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Authors:
- Zhang, Wei-Bin
- Misener, James A
- Chan, Ching-Yao
- Zhou, Kun
- Li, Jing-Quan
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC
- Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
- Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 16p
- Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automation; Commercial vehicles; Environmental impacts; Feasibility analysis; Fuel consumption; Technology assessment; Traffic platooning; Trucking safety; Trucks
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I70: Traffic and Transport; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01516548
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 14-5457
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 28 2014 1:32PM