How Heavy Duty Applications of Automated Vehicles affects Land Use

Scholars have posited that freight transfer hubs will be placed near interstate highways and on the fringes of regions where automated trucks drop trailers to be picked up by human-operated trucks [1], [2]. However, this is an emerging area of practice and available research has not yet considered implications for land use.

References

  1. K. Dalmeijer and P. Van Hentenryck, “Optimizing Freight Operations for Autonomous Transfer Hub Networks,” Oct. 23, 2021, arXiv: arXiv:2110.12327. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2110.12327.

  2. P. Vaishnav, Y. Tian, C. Isaac, and A. Mohan, “Automation and electrification in long-haul trucking cuts urban health and environmental damages,” Transp. Res. Part Transp. Environ., vol. 131, p. 104187, Jun. 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2024.104187.

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Note: Mobility COE research partners conducted this literature review in Spring of 2024 based on research available at the time. Unless otherwise noted, this content has not been updated to reflect newer research.