ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF CHAUFFEUR

This paper describes the successful implementation of CHAUFFEUR, which sensitively depends on the reachable private and public benefits. Therefore, the profitability of the system has to be proved on a micro-level, and on a macro-level. The micro-level covers the private cost savings by CHAUFFEUR. The usage of CHAUFFEUR enables the optimizing of routes and load factor. Furthermore, the fuel consumption of the second truck can be reduced by the possibility of lee-driving. Besides these direct cost savings, reductions of road accidents, of road traffic, and of emissions (e.g. pollution, noise) can be reached. These general economic effects of CHAUFFEUR must be quantified on the macro-level. The quantification of these general effects is mainly based on a transport simulation model. The results are the input for a cost-benefit-analysis that shows that CHAUFFEUR could lead to significant benefits for society. For the covering abstract, see IRRD 490001.

• Corporate Authors:

  ERTICO

  326 Avenue Louis
  Brussels,   Belgium  B-1050

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036

  VERTIS

  TORANOMOM 34 MORI BUILDING 1-25-5
  TORANOMON, MINATOKU, TOKYO 105  Japan 
• Authors:
  • BAUM, H
  • SCHULZ, W H
• Conference:
  • MOBILITY FOR EVERYONE. 4TH WORLD CONGRESS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, 21-24 OCTOBER 1997, BERLIN. (PAPER NO. 2349)
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 7 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automation; Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Driving; Trucks; Vehicle spacing
• ITRD Terms: 3882: Automatic; 8525: Conference; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 1855: Driving (veh); 1236: Lorry; 694: Vehicle spacing
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00755533
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 16 1998 12:00AM