Innovative eFreight Solutions for Road Transport Optimization

Abstract

An analysis of floating vehicle data from transport trucks was carried out. The anonymized track points allowed for a range of innovative uses in transport logistics. Firstly, the spread of speed values throughout Europe shows distinct influences on the driving speed. Most of these are rather obvious such as slow-downs in metropolitan areas, mountainous areas, on the last mile before ferries, and others. Secondly, linking the track points to an European road network geography allowed to calculated average speeds for each network link. These speeds can be used to improve the standard network and thus calculate more realistic travel times. Thirdly, when sufficient amounts of data are present, it is also possible to calculate truck speed patterns for one-hour intervals during each day. This will influence travel times depending on the time of day at which a transport trip is carried out.