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1. Report No. FHWA-HOP-05-030	2. Government Accession No.	3. Recipient's Catalog No.
4. Title and Subtitle The Freight Technology Story: Intelligent Freight Technologies and Their Benefits		5. Report Date June 2005
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7. Author(s) Michael Wolfe and Kenneth Troup		8. Performing Organization Report No.
9. Performing Organization Name and Address The North River Consulting Group P.O. Box 67, Northmarshfield, MA 02059-0067		10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
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12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Office of Freight Management and Operations (HOFM) 400 7th Street, SW Washington, DC 20590		13. Type of Report and Period Covered
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15. Supplementary Notes
16. Abstract The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Joint Program Office (JPO) work collaboratively with private industry to identify technologies that improve efficiency and productivity, increase global connectivity, and enhance freight system performance. FHWA and JPO also support their testing and evaluation in the field. Independent evaluation of technology performance, costs, and benefits is a key part of DOT's efforts. This report shares information about the state of the art and the adoption of intelligent freight technologies by industries and their customers. Specifically, the report discusses the innovation and implementation processes for intelligent freight technologies, triggers for and barriers to deployment, the types of intelligent freight technologies and their benefits, and field operational test results. Today, intelligent freight technologies are used to improve freight system efficiency and productivity, increase global connectivity, and enhance freight system security against common threats and terrorism. These technologies are currently deployed in several areas: 1) asset tracking, 2) on-board status monitoring, 3) gateway facilitation, 4) freight status information, and 5) network status information.
17. Key Words intelligent freight technologies, asset tracking, on-board status monitoring, gateway facilitation, freight status information, network status information, field operational tests, benefits, implementation	18. Distribution Statement
19. Security Classification (of this report) Unclassified	20. Security Classification (of this page) Unclassified	21. No of Pages 66	22. Price

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