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Intermodal Benefits from
Technology Grow in 2017,
Should Increase in Future
Positive Train Control Technology: How It Works
T
echnology that could deliver a wide range of benefits for intermodal providers
both immediately and in the future advanced on a wide range of fronts in 2017.
Those changes, including autonomous vehicles, blockchain, and positive train control, touched every corner
of the industry.
"There is significant potential for
autonomous vehicles in intermodal
transportation," said Ben Sawyer, a
researcher at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology's AgeLab and Center for
Transportation and Logistics.
A key opportunity, he said, was
Sawyer
the ability to utilize technology to gather
large amounts of information to maximize automation for
short-haul and final-mile shipments. Sawyer specifically cited
platooning, which in news articles and reports has been paired
with autonomous vehicles as the wave of the future for freight
transport.
Meanwhile, American Trucking Associations adopted its first
automated trucks policy, saying in a statement that connected
vehicles can "dramatically impact nearly all aspects of the trucking industry including safety, emissions, productivity, efficiency
and driver health and wellness."
ATA's position also gives legislators and government policy
makers a clear picture and a comprehensive framework to
develop the technology, ATA President Chris Spear said in
October.
Widespread Automation Progress
Sawyer also told Intermodal Insights that all of the talk about
autonomous vehicles today tends to overlook how much other
decision making throughout the logistics industry, including intermodal, already has been automated.
Automation is helping motor carriers to cope with the greater
Technology - continued on page 15
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Insights - November/December 2017
IANA News
Storms Create Recovery Challenges, Foster Valuable Lessons Learned
Intermodal Benefits from Technology Grow in 2017, Should Increase in Future
Inland Port Projects Advance in East
Optimism Builds for Intermodal Freight
Food Safety Modernization Act Could Help Increase Temp Control Freight
Intermodal Rail Enhancements Continue in 2017, Focused on Service
Government News
International Intermodal News
Intermodal Information Services News
Welcome New Members
People News
Intermodal Calendar
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Insights - November/December 2017 - Storms Create Recovery Challenges, Foster Valuable Lessons Learned
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Insights - November/December 2017 - Intermodal Benefits from Technology Grow in 2017, Should Increase in Future
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Insights - November/December 2017 - Inland Port Projects Advance in East
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Insights - November/December 2017 - Optimism Builds for Intermodal Freight
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Insights - November/December 2017 - 26
Insights - November/December 2017 - Food Safety Modernization Act Could Help Increase Temp Control Freight
Insights - November/December 2017 - 28
Insights - November/December 2017 - 29
Insights - November/December 2017 - Intermodal Rail Enhancements Continue in 2017, Focused on Service
Insights - November/December 2017 - 31
Insights - November/December 2017 - Government News
Insights - November/December 2017 - 33
Insights - November/December 2017 - International Intermodal News
Insights - November/December 2017 - Intermodal Information Services News
Insights - November/December 2017 - 36
Insights - November/December 2017 - Welcome New Members
Insights - November/December 2017 - People News
Insights - November/December 2017 - Intermodal Calendar
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