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Title:

Evaluate Potential Impacts, Benefits, Impediments, and Solutions of Automated Trucks and Truck Platooning on Texas Highway Infrastructure: Technical Report

Report No.:

FHWA/TX-20/0-6984-R1

Authors:

by Bjorn Birgisson [and eight others]

Published:

2020

College Station, Texas

Texas A & M Transportation Institute

Type:

Online document

1 PDF (260 pages)

Online Access:

https://tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-6984-R1.pdf

Access Note:

5.6 MB

Supplement:

"Bridge Prioritization Tool for Truck Platoons" (0-6984-P2) https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/hostedpdfs/tti/0-6984-P2.xlsm

Summary

This report presents a study that conducted an assessment of the potential impacts, benefits, and impediments of the introduction of automated trucks and truck platooning on Texas highway infrastructure. The assessment included, but was not limited to, identification or review of the following: (a) any needed infrastructure hardening decisions and potential changes in road and bridge design specifications; (b) impacts on the Texas Freight Mobility Plan and the wider designated Texas Highway Freight Network; (c) impacts on statewide planning/Texas Transportation Plan and on metropolitan planning organization and other local/regional plans; (d) overall impacts on the Texas Department of Transportation planning process; (e) national/state/local-level planning/policy impediments and obstacles; (f) potential need for separate/specialized freight transportation facilities; (g) wider impacts of these new technologies on Texas highway infrastructure via a vulnerability analysis at the asset and network levels; and (h) overall infrastructure costs and benefits associated with the introduction of automated and platoon truck technologies on Texas highway infrastructure.

Publ. Place

College Station, Texas

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction --
Chapter 2. Literature Review --
Chapter 3. Online Survey and Telephone Interviews --
Chapter 4. Assessment of Planning and Policy Impacts --
Chapter 5. Methodology to Develop Guidance for Commercial Truck Platooning --
Chapter 6. Assessment of Technical and Performance Impacts on Texas Pavements --
Chapter 7. Assessment of Technical and Performance Impacts on Texas Bridges --
Chapter 8. Impacts of Truck Platooning and Truck Automation on the Vulnerability of the Texas Highway System --
Chapter 9. Analysis of Overall Economic Impact of Platooning and Truck Automation on Texas Highways --
Chapter 10. Conclusions and Recommendations --
Appendix A. Online Survey Questionnaire --
Appendix B. Pavement Performance Prediction Based on the Surface and Base Type Combination --
Appendix C. Value of Research Report

Notes

"Published: October 2020"

Study Number

TxDOT Research Project 0-6984

Study Title

Evaluate Potential Impacts, Benefits, Impediments, and Solutions of Automated Trucks and Truck Platooning on Texas Highway Infrastructure

Study Sponsor

Lead University

TTI

Print Copy

Collection:

TxDOT/University Research Online Only

Call Number:

6984-1

OCLC No.

1286276628

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Topics

Autonomous vehicles
Benefit cost analysis
Freight transportation
Infrastructure
Regional planning
Risk analysis
Specifications
Traffic platooning
Transportation planning
Trucks

Proper Names

TxDOT ABL District
TxDOT BRG Division
TxDOT FTW District
TxDOT TPP Division

Places

Texas

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Study

TxDOT Research Project 0-6984

Contributors

Birgisson, Björn
Morgan, Curtis Alan, 1965-
Yarnold, Matthew
Warner, Jeffery E.
Glover, Brianne
Steadman, Max
Sunkari, Srinivasa R.
Cai, Shengxin
Lee, Dahye

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