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Expanding the Freight Capacity of America's Highways: Platooning and Connectivity to Increase Efficiency: [fact sheet]
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2017-07-01
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Abstract:The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) estimates that freight tonnage moving on the Nation’s transportation network will grow 40 percent in the next 25 years and the value of the freight will double.1 FHWA’s Exploratory Advanced Research (EAR) Program is pursuing research that will help alleviate the looming problem posed by increasing demand for highway freight capacity by allowing long-distance trucks to travel together more efficiently. The research projects titled “Partial Automation for Truck Platooning,” and “Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control” are underway at Auburn University (in partnership with Peterbilt Truck, American Transportation Institute, Peloton Technology, and Meritor, Inc.) and at the University of California, Berkeley’s Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology program (in partnership with Volvo Technologies of America and Cambridge Systematics). These projects are developing technology and strategies that allow two and three trucks to travel close together in “platoons,” using advanced sensors and connected vehicle technologies to maximize efficiencies.
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