TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND TRUCKING MANAGERS' USE OF AUTOMATED ROUTING AND SCHEDULING
Using data from a 2001 survey of managers of 700 trucking companies operating in California, the authors tested competing hypotheses about the relationship between managers' perceptions of the impact of traffic congestion on their operations and their companies' adoption of routing and scheduling software. Demand for automated routing and scheduling was found to be influenced directly by the need to re-route drivers, and indirectly by the need, generated by customers' schedules, to operate during congested periods. They were also able to identify which types of trucking companies are most affected by congestion and which types are more likely to adopt such software.
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Corporate Authors:
Institute of Transportation Studies
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA United States 92717 -
Authors:
- Golob, T F
- Regan, A C
- Publication Date: 2002-7
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 21 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Attitudes; Automation; Carriers; Hypothesis testing; Impacts; Managerial personnel; Operations; Routing; Scheduling; Software; Traffic congestion; Truck drivers; Truck routes; Trucking
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00964141
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: UCI-ITS-LI-WP-02-6
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 14 2003 12:00AM