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Professor of Computer Science and Transportation Systems Engineering in the Bren School at the University of California, Irvine (aregan@uci.edu).

THE ACCESS ALMANAC: Vehicular ad hoc Networks: Storms on the Horizon

Amelia Regan

Researchers and policy makers have long anticipated fully connected vehicular networks that will help prevent accidents, facilitate eco-friendly driving, and provide more accurate real-time traffic information. Today, vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs) offer a promising way to achieve this goal. Using advances in wireless communications, computing, and vehicular technologies, VANETs rely on real-time communication not only with roadside sensors but also among vehicles and pedestrians. While there are still communication problems to solve within these complex systems, concerns about privacy, liability, and security are the chief obstacles that prevent progress towards large-scale implementation. Download the PDF.

Amelia Regan2017-05-26T21:57:00+00:00Categories: ACCESS 43, Fall 2013|Tags: Technology & Innovation, Transportation Safety|

Transforming the Freight Industry: From Regulation to Competition to Decentralization in the Information Age

Amelia Regan

Thirty-ﬁve years ago, the common-carrier freight industry was backward and inefficient—the result of strict federal regulation that suppressed competition and innovation. Regulators determined rates, routes, entry of new ﬁrms, and even the kinds of goods ﬁrms could carry. In one Transforming famous instance, a trucking ﬁrm was licensed to carry frozen hush-puppies, nothing more, between two given cities in Louisiana, and was not permitted to carry anything on its return journeys.

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Amelia Regan2017-05-30T23:10:33+00:00Categories: ACCESS 20, Spring 2002|Tags: Freight & Commercial Transportation|

What Can a Trucker Do?

Amelia Regan

Trucks play critically important roles in the US economy. Measured by its value, nearly seventy percent of freight is carried exclusively by truck while another eighteen percent spends at least part of its journey on the road. For most motorists, traffic congestion is a nuisance; for truckers, it can be crippling. If truckers are inconvenienced, costs rise for everyone. The strength of each region’s industrial base depends on the ability of freight-transport companies to provide swift and reliable goods movement at tolerable costs. In addition, trucks caught in traffic congestion generate significant negative externalities including pollution, lost productivity, accident costs, and stress.

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Amelia Regan2017-05-31T21:27:06+00:00Categories: ACCESS 17, Fall 2000|Tags: Freight & Commercial Transportation|