industry pain points , such as lack of parking facilities , congestion problems and , as mentioned already , road safety .
“ Uber Freight has been leveraging technology to address some of these issues ,” says Danaf . “ For example , we have laid the groundwork for seamless trailer handoffs between autonomous trucks and human drivers with Powerloop , a drop-and-hook trailer solution .
In terms of AT systems , Danaf says automated commercial transport will operate under a hub-to-hub model .
“ Human drivers will handle the trip ends , which involve complex urban streets and manual operations at facilities , such as loading , unloading , gate
In 2021 Uber Freight drove
20 million truck-miles on the interstate corridors between Fresno , Los Angeles , and San Francisco , and delivered 45,000 loads between these markets
entrance , and documentation ,” he explains . “ ATs will service the middle part of the trip .”
He adds : “ Under this model , a driver picks up a preloaded trailer from the shipper ’ s facility and delivers it to a transfer hub located close to the Highway – also known as the ‘ first mile ’.
“ The trailer then gets hooked to an AT , which drives on the highway to another transfer hub located near the receiver ’ s facility . This step is referred to as the middle mile .
At the second transfer hub , another driver picks up the trailer and delivers it to its final destination . This is the last mile .” Sanaf says the hub-to-hub model allows AT developers and carriers to launch commercial
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