Trucker Tuesday – What do you like about your “gadget”?
In this week’s issue, we looked at the what driver’s liked about their “gadgets”
Trucker Tuesday – Education Level of Interviewed Truck Drivers
In reviewing the Sloan Foundation’s 1997 survey of American Truck Drivers with David Correll, we found something surprising: for a meaningful number of drivers (21.7%), an incomplete stop at a College or University preceded their career on the road. We wonder, what...Trucker Tuesday – Technology for Tracking
Welcome to the first installment of #TruckerTuesday. David Correll and Tony Orr have been analyzing a survey of truck drivers conducted by the Sloan Foundation to pull insights from 1997 that are relevant in today’s landscape. In this week’s edition, we look at the...Future Freight Flows: Scenario Planning Toolkit
The Scenario Planning Toolkit is designed to help transportation planners in any organization design, plan, and run a Scenario Planning Workshop. There are two types of material contained here: Guidebooks and Workshop Collateral.
Freight contract performance & portfolio strategies
In the U.S. truckload (TL) industry, shippers and motor carriers face major challenges as a result of uncertainties in the amount and timing of demand for capacity, availability of trucks at the time and locations needed, and external market conditions.
Forecasting Long Haul Truckload Spot Market Rates
The project aims at predicting long haul truckload spot market rates in continental USA for the near future. Accurate forecasting of transportation costs is a key step in logistical planning. It helps buyers and sellers
of transportation services make better decisions at all stages of a supply chain.
Modeling Effects of Natural Disasters on The US Truckload Market
We analyze shipment data for assessing the impact of natural disasters on freight movement. Our focus is on North-Atlantic hurricanes that make landfall in the contiguous USA. Quantifying the impact of natural disasters on the truckload industry can help shippers know what costs to expect, what routes to avoid, how to procure and position relief goods.
The Driver Initiative
The Driver Initiative looks to uncover new insights and identify specific opportunities to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of life of American over-the-road truck drivers through an analysis of individual driver actions and behavior using ELD and other related data
Freight Rate Impacts & Influences
This continuing project examines how truckload transportation rates are impacted by different policies, procedures, and network characteristics. Various econometric techniques were employed to quantify these impacts. Additionally, the projects uncovered actions that both shippers and carriers can take to reduce overall transportation cost.