Measuring the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Trucking Industry: A Spatial and Econometric Framework to Capture the Impacts of the Hours-of-Service Emergency Declaration and Congestion Effects on Truck Driver Safety (Phase 2)

Hernandez, Salvador; Velasquez, Brianna; Ghosh, Sukallyan

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Measuring the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Trucking Industry: A Spatial and Econometric Framework to Capture the Impacts of the Hours-of-Service Emergency Declaration and Congestion Effects on Truck Driver Safety (Phase 2)

2021-05-01
By Hernandez, Salvador ; Velasquez, Brianna ; Ghosh, Sukallyan

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Hernandez, Salvador ; Velasquez, Brianna ; Ghosh, Sukallyan
Corporate Creators:

Oregon State University ; Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC)
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
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Publication/ Report Number:

2020-S-OSU-3
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Edition:

Phase 2
Corporate Publisher:

Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans) (UTC)
Abstract:

This project quantitatively studied the significant effects of the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic on truck drivers and the trucking industry. A stated-preference survey distributed to truck drivers collected data regarding changes in the demographic, socioeconomic, business, temporal, management, and truck configuration characteristics of the trucking industry. A total of 47 paired variables were generated from the driver survey responses. Their medians were tested for a statistically significant difference through a rank-sum procedure, through which 13 of the comparisons showed significant change during the pandemic. Of the 520 respondents, 243 (34 percent) indicated that roads were safer during the pandemic. This study also revealed changes in trucking operations and driver behavior as a result of the relaxation of trucking hours-of-service limitations.
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69A3551747110
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/72471/dot_72471_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 1.33 MB]
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University Transportation Centers
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