Replacing urban trucks via ground-air cooperation  

作　　者：Xiaobo Qu Ziling Zeng Kai Wang Shuaian Wang 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Automotive Safety and Energy,School of Vehicle and Mobility,Tsinghua University,Beijing,100084,China [2]Department of Logistics&Maritime Studies,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,Hung Hom,Hong Kong SAR,China

出　　处：《Communications in Transportation Research》2022年第1期344-350,共7页交通研究通讯（英文）

摘　　要：The advent of drones is leading to a paradigm shift in courier services,while their large-scale deployment is confined by a limited range.Here,we design a low-cost product that allows drones to drop parcels onto and pick them up from the roofs of moving passenger vehicles.With this,we propose a ground-air cooperation(GAC)based business model for parcel delivery in an urban environment.As per our case study using real-world data in Beijing,the new business model will not only shorten the parcel delivery time by 86.5% with a comparable cost,but also reduce road traffic by 8.6%,leading to an annual social benefit of 6.67 billion USD for Beijing.The proposed model utilizes the currently“wasted or unused”rooftops of passenger vehicles and has the potential to replace most parcel trucks and trailers,thus fundamentally addressing the congestion,noise,pollution,and road wear and tear problems caused by trucks,and bringing in immense social benefit.

关 键 词：Ground-air cooperation DRONE Parcel delivery Urban truck Passenger vehicle Roof rack 

分 类 号：V279[航空宇航科学与技术—飞行器设计]