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| Project Information | ||
| Project ID: | FHWA-PROJ-13-0076 | |
| Project Name: | Assess the Feasibility of Deploying Partial Automation for Truck Platooning | |
| Project Status: | Active | |
| Start Date: | September 20, 2013 | |
| End Date: | September 19, 2016 | |
| Contact Information | ||
| Last Name: | Altan | |
| First Name: | Osman | |
| Telephone: | 202-493-3391 | |
| E-mail: | osman.altan@dot.gov | |
| Office: | Office of Operations Research and Development | |
| Team: | Trans Operations Applications Team [HRDO-30 ] | |
| Program: | Exploratory Advanced Research | |
| Project detail | ||
| Project Description: | Explore the technical feasibility of truck platooning through Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) concepts.Research questions:Performance achievable with truck CACC in mixed traffic?Driver preferences for CACC timegaps?Energy savings at preferred timegaps?Benefits in truck lane capacity, energy, and emissions?Public policy:Deployment strategies for truck CACC.Synergy with I710 truck lane development.Attractiveness to public and officials. | |
| Goals: | To conduct Exploratory Advanced Research in the area of Partial Automation for Truck Platooning. | |
| Product Type: | Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines Hardware Promotional materials Research report Software Technical report | |
| Test Methodology: | TBD | |
| Expected Benefits: | Fuel savings, improved mobility. | |
| Deliverables: | Name: Partial Automation for Truck Platooning Product Type(s): Research report, Draft standard, specifications, or guidelines, Promotional materials, Software, Technical report, Hardware Description: A three truck platooning system with longitudinal control based on a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications system and onboard object detection sensors. | |
| FHWA Topics: | Research/Technologies--Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) | |
| TRT Terms: | Traffic platooning Research Operations Trucks Freight transportation Traffic control |
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| FHWA Disciplines: | Operations |
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| Subject Areas: | Freight Transportation Operations and Traffic Management Vehicles and Equipment |
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