Will automated vehicles solve the truck driver shortages? Perspectives from the trucking industry

AM Schuster, S Agrawal, N Britt, D Sperry… - Technology in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The United States (US) has experienced persistent truck driver shortages for the
past several decades, as demand for truckers has increased while individuals willing to fill …

Exploring Regional Reduction Pathways for Human Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Using a Traffic Assignment Model

A Bin Thaneya, A Horvath - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
An exposure-based traffic assignment (TA) model is used to quantify primary and secondary
fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) exposure from on-road vehicle flow on the Chicago …

The politics of autonomous vehicles

J Stilgoe, M Mladenović - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2022 - nature.com
Self-driving,'autonomous' vehicles (AVs) promise to change the world in profound ways. The
suggested benefits include safety, efficiency and accessibility. However, researchers and …

[HTML][HTML] Navigating the landscape of automated truck platooning: A systematic review on stakeholder perspectives, employment implications, and regulatory …

K Mahajan, SSB Masud, A Kondyli - Transportation Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the economic and social benefits of vehicle automation and platooning, the
penetration of automation in the trucking industry is concerning to the industry stakeholders …

Assessing alternative occupations for truck drivers in an emerging era of autonomous vehicles

S Wang, EA Mack, JA Van Fossen, L Medwid… - Transportation research …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study identifies alternative occupations for heavy truck drivers and evaluates the
relative attractiveness of these alternatives in terms of compensation, ease of entry and …

Effect of connected and autonomous vehicles on supply chain performance

J Zhao, JY Lee - Transportation Research Record, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper proposes a simulation framework that quantitatively assesses the direct and
indirect effects of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) on a supply chain system by …

Trilemma of life cycle carbon, employment, and costs of trucking industry's shift toward automation and electrification

J Mandouri, NC Onat, M Kucukvar… - Journal of Industrial …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The transportation sector is undergoing a transformative shift, driven by advancements like
autonomous and electric vehicle technologies. In this research, we investigate employment …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling impacts of freight automated vehicles in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

T Chowdhury, J Vaughan, MJ Roorda - Transportation Research Part A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Automated vehicle (AV) technology will bring about disruptive changes to transportation of
people and goods. To better understand such changes through macroscopic modeling …

Automation and electrification in long-haul trucking cuts urban health and environmental damages

P Vaishnav, Y Tian, C Isaac, A Mohan - Transportation Research Part D …, 2024 - Elsevier
Automated trucking could be deployed based on a'transfer hub'model. Human driven
tractors will haul loads from urban origins to transfer hubs at the edge of Interstates; …

Ranking Opportunities for Autonomous Trucks Using Data Mining and GIS

R Bridgelall, R Jones, D Tolliver - Geographies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The inefficiency of transporting goods contributes to reduced economic growth and
environmental sustainability in a country. Autonomous trucks (ATs) are emerging as a …