Mazen Danaf
TECH & AI
Uber
' s selfdriving truck makes its first delivery
WATCH NOW association for the US trucking industry – estimates that up to one million haulage employees will be lost between 2022 and 2030 .
Mazen Danaf
TITLE : SENIOR APPLIED SCIENTIST & ECONOMIST
COMPANY : UBER FREIGHT LOCATION : SAN FRANCISCO , US
Mazen Danaf focuses on analysing the truck transportation landscape , and produces long-term forecasts based on supply and demand indicators . He is also a research affiliate with the Intelligent Transportation Systems Lab at MIT , which studies transportation systems and develops network modelling-and-simulation tools .
Europe facing driver shortfall of 2 million Meanwhile , In Europe , the International Road Transport Union says that unless the industry is made more accessible and attractive to drivers , Europe could see a shortfall of 2 million drivers by 2026 , impacting half of all EU freight movements .
“ Lifestyle issues are largely to blame for truckers leaving the industry ,” says Sanaf . “ The hours are long and gruelling , and trucking keeps drivers away from home for up to 200 nights a year .”
Sanaf says self-driving solutions will help address this issue , as well as others faced by haulage drivers , including pay issues , because autonomous trucking can deliver a higher rate of pay per hour spent at the wheel . AV tech can also help address other