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Modeling Adoption of Autonomous Vehicle Technologies by Freight Organizations

项目名称：	Modeling Adoption of Autonomous Vehicle Technologies by Freight Organizations
摘要：	Over the last few years, a rapid explosion of new technologies has created opportunities to address critical freight transportation challenges in urban, suburban and rural areas. Some examples of new technologies include expansion of e-commerce, 3-D printing, deliveries by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones), and potential applications of automated and connected vehicles in freight transportation (e.g. truck platooning). These new technologies are also influencing consumer behavior and thereby reshaping freight supply chains at the urban, regional, and international level. The autonomous vehicle technologies use new features including smartphones, vehicle fleet tracking (global positioning system (GPS), and location-based systems), sensors (vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V), vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I)), enhanced imaging technologies, and other sources that arise from broader smart city initiatives. While the fully autonomous vehicle technology is yet to come, some of the new features are already available and some freight organizations are already adopting them. These new technologies and data sources are creating new challenges for freight planners in identifying the potential non-adopters and adopters. In addition, how the adoption will vary over time. Adoption methods available from consumer behavior research are mostly based on individuals and limited to organizations. The general adoption methods cannot be directly used in modeling adoption of freight organizations. The main objectives of this project are to (1) review rapidly emerging technologies affecting freight planning and operations; (2) survey stakeholders to identify their inclination, and (3) outline future research steps necessary to meet future local agencies, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and state departments of transportation (DOTs) freight planning and performance evaluation needs.
状态：	Completed
资金：	179523
资助组织：	Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
管理组织：	Freight Mobility Research Institute
项目负责人：	Stearns, Amy
执行机构：	Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
主要研究人员：	Kaisar, Evangelos
开始时间：	20170901
预计完成日期：	20180831
实际结束时间：	0