Emerging Automated Urban Freight Delivery Concepts: State of Scan

Due to the growing interest in automated urban freight delivery and the multimodal nature of the topic, the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office partnered with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to produce this report. Based on a review of literature, monitoring information on testing activity, and engagement with industry stakeholders, this report characterizes the state of the industry (e.g., motivations, actors, activities, current issues, and mitigation strategies) in order to improve understanding of these automated delivery vehicle concepts and industry activities, identify emerging issues, and present objective findings to stakeholders.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/53938
• Corporate Authors:

  Volpe National Transportation Systems Center

  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Cregger, Joshua
  • 0000-0002-6202-1443
  • Machek, Elizabeth
  • 0000-0002-2299-6924
  • Behan, Molly
  • 0000-0002-1523-9589
  • Epstein, Alexander
  • 0000-0001-5945-745X
  • Lennertz, Tracy
  • 0000-0001-6497-7003
  • Shaw, Jingsi
  • 0000-0002-3974-5304
  • Dopart, Kevin
  • 0000-0002-0617-8278
• Publication Date: 2020-11-20

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 80p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Autonomous vehicles; Delivery service; Delivery vehicles; Literature reviews; Robots; Stakeholders; State of the practice; Urban areas
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01762057
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-JPO-20-825, DOT-VNTSC-FHWA-21-01
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 11 2021 11:05AM