5 best freeway corridors for self-driving trucks

HANDOUT --- Embark is a new self-driving truck company that has begun testing its autonomous big rig in Nevada. As autonomous vehicle companies develop and test self-driving trucks, a study released last week has identified the five most productive freeway corridors in the United States. To identify testing and deployment routes with the greatest potential, the transportation analytics company INRIX singled out five highway corridors by averaging normalized congestion, volume, length and incident rates. It also listed the top 10 corridors for safety improvements and commercial returns. Automated freight could replace 50 to 70 percent of truck drivers across the nation by 2030, according to a study by the International Transport Forum, an intergovernmental think tank for transportation policy.