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Calculation Method for Traffic Capacity of Short‐Distance Continuous Merging Areas of Expressways in Mountainous Urban

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
In mountainous urban areas, road construction is often severely constrained by topographical conditions, leading to the frequent occurrence of short‐distance continuous merging areas along expressways. Accurately calculating the capacity of such merging areas is critical for effective traffic management.
Bo Peng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Operational Safety of New Energy Truck Platoons Under Information Uncertainty and Longitudinal Slope

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Autonomous truck platooning represents a transformative advancement in modern highway logistics, offering substantial benefits in fuel efficiency and traffic throughput. However, the practical deployment of such systems is frequently compromised by sensing limitations and environmental factors, particularly localization uncertainty and varying ...
Liangfeng Xie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Truck platooning technology diffusion: System dynamics with matching platform consideration

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Truck platooning pertains to virtually coupling trucks to cut aerodynamic drag. Despite its many benefits, the dynamics of the trucking industry in adopting this technology is not well understood.
Pooria Choobchian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Truck Platooning Deployment Requirements

open access: yes, 2022
AbstractTruck platooning represents a promising means to enhance efficiency of freight transport. Developments of truck platooning date back to the early 1990s, starting with projects to illustrate the technical feasibility followed by projects investigating the potential of fuel savings up to feasible business models and multi-brand and multi-fleet ...
Matthias Neubauer, Wolfgang Schildorfer
openaire   +1 more source

Dynamic Control of Variable Lanes on Port Collector‐Distributor Expressway

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
The port collector‐distributor expressways are important channels connecting large ports and inland hinterlands. The traffic volume and composition on port collector‐distributor expressways are significantly influenced by the arrival and departure of cargo ships, resulting in significant variations between periods with and without freight tasks.
Yin Jiang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimation of passing sight distance required for operation of truck platooning on two-lane highways in North America

open access: yesIATSS Research
The most well-known benefits of heavy commercial vehicle (HCV) platooning include fuel savings and emission reductions. In addition, HCV platooning under SAE automation level 4 or 5 can mitigate the truck driver shortage in North America by eliminating ...
Tanvir Chowdhury   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Drayage Routing Problems: A Comprehensive Survey and a New Compact Model

open access: yesAustralian &New Zealand Journal of Statistics, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 491-526, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Drayage involves short‐distance container trucking, a crucial part of intermodal transportation that fills the gap between long‐haul transportation modes and inland facilities. Because of its high costs, drayage has been increasingly drawing the attention of researchers and practitioners from different disciplines, who have been exploring ...
Daniel Bustos‐Coral, Alysson M. Costa
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable truck platooning operations in maritime shipping: A data-driven approach

open access: yesCleaner Logistics and Supply Chain
In liner shipping, stakeholders are increasingly committed to adopting autonomous and environmentally friendly transportation solutions, especially for truck operations managing container transfers.
Zhaojing Yang, Min Xu, Xuecheng Tian
doaj   +1 more source

Truck Platoon Slipstream Effects Assessment

open access: yes, 2022
Abstract With the increase of stringent emission standards and higher road transportation cycles in the last few decades, the importance of transport and fuel efficiency plays a major role. The aerodynamic forces on trucks have a huge impact of the overall fuel consumption rate.
Alexander Kospach, Christoph Irrenfried
openaire   +1 more source

From Engines to Algorithms? Regional Innovation and Implementation of Automated Driving Technologies in Germany

open access: yesGrowth and Change, Volume 56, Issue 4, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Automated driving (AD) technologies are transforming the automotive industry, challenging incumbent actors and regional economic structures. Using an evolutionary framework, this study investigates how regional technological capabilities affect the innovation and implementation of AD technologies in Germany. By integrating both patent data and
Lennart Schott, Kerstin J. Schaefer
wiley   +1 more source

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