The Freight Technology Story: Intelligent Freight Technologies and Their Benefits

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• Creators:
  Wolfe, Michael ; Troup, Kenneth
• Corporate Creators:
  North River Consulting Group
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Freight Management and Operations
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Freight transportation
  • Intelligent transportation systems
  • Commercial vehicle operations
  • Technological innovations
  • Deployment
  • Plan implementation
  • Benefits
  • Electronic freight manifest
  • Commercial vehicle operations (CVO)
  • Intermodal freight
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-HOP-05-030;NTIS-PB2005107598
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Freight Management and Operations
• Abstract:
  The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Joint Program Office (JPO) work collaboratively with private industry to identify technologies that improve efficiency and productivity, increase global connectivity, and enhance freight system performance. FHWA and JPO also support their testing and evaluation in the field. Independent evaluation of technology performance, costs, and benefits is a key part of DOT's efforts. This report shares information about the state of the art and the adoption of intelligent freight technologies by industries and their customers. Specifically, the report discusses the innovation and implementation processes for intelligent freight technologies, triggers for and barriers to deployment, the types of intelligent freight technologies and their benefits, and field operational test results. Today, intelligent freight technologies are used to improve freight system efficiency and productivity, increase global connectivity, and enhance freight system security against common threats and terrorism. These technologies are currently deployed in several areas: 1) asset tracking, 2) on-board status monitoring, 3) gateway facilitation, 4) freight status information, and 5) network status information.
• Format:
  HTML
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/67810/dot_67810_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 70.31 MB]
• Collection(s):
  ITSJPO Digital Library ; Federal Highway Administration
• Main Document Checksum:
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