Connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology is a disruptive transportation development with potentially transformative impacts on society and the economy. CAV systems promise to significantly reduce human-caused road crashes, improve traffic flow performance, and lower pollutant emissions. However, realizing those benefits requires strategic planning for the deployment of CAV systems...
Context: Crowd logistics is a novel shipping concept where delivery operations are carried out by employing existing vehicle capacity and drivers from the crowd, relying on their planned tours, thereby offering potential for economic, social, and environmental benefits. Despite the promise of this new logistics model, little is known about...
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have gained more and more attention from researchers, manufacturers, and transportation experts. When AVs become available to the public, they are expected to dramatically alter the transportation system as we know it, posing critical questions such as: How will the road network react to this change? How...