Develop A New Tool for Evaluating Impacts from Changes in Truck Traffic and Technologies 0-7124

This project provided further improvement of freight planning and strategy tools needed to better assess the operational and physical impacts of freight traffic on Texas highways. The TTI research team tailored the tools to perform detailed analysis of the heavy freight corridors designated for early adoption of autonomous and platooned truck traffic in Texas, such as IH-10, IH-35, and IH-45. The tool now incorporates real-world condition histories from pavement and bridge asset management databases to identify infrastructure vulnerabilities due to changes in freight traffic, allowing for better planning of roadway maintenance project selection. Targeted modeling selects the best lane-use options for automated and platooned trucks under a variety of operational scenarios and at varying traffic levels. The tool now also includes the ability to assess the impact of flooding on the resilience of the freight system.
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