The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Research and Technology (R&T) Evaluation Program seeks to assess and communicate the benefits of FHWA’s R&T efforts; ensure that the organization is expending public resources efficiently and effectively; and build evidence to shape and improve policymaking. FHWA partners with State transportation departments, local agencies, industries, and academia to conduct research on issues of national significance and accelerate adoption and deployment of promising research products.

This report examines how FHWA’s investment in truck-platooning research affected truck-platooning knowledge, the availability and quality of such research, and the deployment of truck-platooning technology. The findings of this report should be of interest to engineers, practitioners, researchers,
and decision makers involved in the research, design, performance, and deployment of truck-platooning technology.