Commercial Truck Platooning Demonstration in Texas – Level 2 Automation
Through this project, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) funded the creation of a comprehensive level 2 automation truck platooning demonstration in Texas. The project served as a proactive effort in assessing innovative operational strategies to position TxDOT as a leader in this research area and the overall transportation systems management and operation using connected vehicle and automated vehicle (CV/AV) initiatives. The focus was on the feasibility of deploying truck platoons with two or more vehicles on specific corridors in Texas within 5 to10 years. The project brought together major partners, including government agencies, national labs, truck manufacturers and equipment suppliers, all of which have committed resources in terms of in-kind matching of equipment, engineering services, and intellectual property. During the demonstration, the platooning trucks completed a series of maneuvers to demonstration the automation, including joining a platoon, a figure-8 maneuver, left lane change, right lane change, gap increase, and a stop in formation.
-
Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHB30 Standing Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation.
-
Corporate Authors:
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001 -
Authors:
- Kuhn, Beverly T
- Lukuc, Michael
- Poorsartep, Mohammad
- Wagner, Jason
- Balke, Kevin
- Middleton, Dan
- Songchitruksa, Praprut
- Wood, Nick
-
Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
- Date: 2017
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 19p
- Monograph Title: TRB 96th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automation; Commercial vehicles; Intelligent vehicles; Mobile communication systems; Traffic platooning; Trucks
- Identifier Terms: Texas Department of Transportation
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01627568
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 17-02073
- Files: NTL, TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Feb 27 2017 5:12PM