The utilization of real-time traffic information by the trucking industry

TRANSCOM (Transportation Operations Coordinating Committee) is a coalition of the 14 transportation and traffic enforcement agencies in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. One of TRANSCOM's main responsibilities is to serve as coordinator of real-time traffic information among its member agencies as well as some 30 to 40 other local and county police and transportation agencies. The author discusses how the availability of real-time traffic information could aid the trucking industry by increasing the fleet productivity, improving customer service, improving the environment for their drivers, and reducing their costs, and ultimately affecting their bottom line. An American Trucking Associations (ATA) Foundation demonstration being carried out by TRANSCOM to quantify these improvements is described.<
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