252 Session Moderator

Date and Time: Tuesday, July 19: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Garden 1-3

Andrew Krum

Senior Research Associate, Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-krum-a3ba0110

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

Private and public organizations are focusing on the development and testing of automated trucks due to predicted safety improvements, an increasing demand for goods movement, and an expected significant return on investment. Benefits are expected to resolve challenges with labor shortages, supply chain inefficiencies, freight facility efficiency, and crashes involving trucks on the nation’s highways. Public agencies are seeking to engage with industry to define and provide the transportation architecture that will help enable these technologies to operate safely and efficiently. Private entities are already developing transfer hubs and facilities needed to implement automated trucks. There is a need to identify how the public and private sector can work together and how the public sector can support implementation and prepare for changes to freight movements and the impact on public infrastructure.

This session will dig into the details that manufacturers and developers, states and federal governments are working through to develop the path forward for automated trucking. During the event, the session will include live presentations and panels with time for questions and answers from the moderator and audience.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Krum is a Sr. Research Associate and Group Leader in the Division for Freight, Transit & Heavy Vehicle Safety at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. Andrew has 18 years of experience as a transportation researcher and engineer and is actively managing research projects evaluating the performance of heavy and commercial truck and bus advanced technologies sponsored by FMCSA, FTA, NHTSA, National Academies and NIOSH. Andrew also serves as the Chair of the SAE Truck and Bus Automation Safety Committee and is serving on the NIOSH/CDC COVID-19 Occupational Safety and Health Technical Assistance Program.

PRESENTATION FILE