MAFC

Truck Platooning – A Report from the MAASTO Working Group and MAFC

Mid-America Freight Coalition 

The purpose of this report is to provide an understanding of truck platooning and how this technology can be adopted across MAASTO freight corridors in a uniform manner.

Coordinated regulations across state boundaries will better serve and meet the needs of the industry. The overall goal is to develop a Midwest Truck Platooning Regulatory Model that provides for harmonization of regulations governing truck platooning across the MAASTO region. This effort to “harmonize” is somewhat driven by the historic and current status of OSOW regulations across the country.

Often there are state-by-state differences that hinder efficient movement of oversized loads. Placing mixed regulations across the region will decrease the efficiency and slow the adoption of truck platooning.

Download the Truck Platooning Brochure

Recommended Posts

2026 MAFC Annual Meeting

August 10-12, Cincinnati, Ohio. Please join us for the 2026 MAFC Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Aug 10-12. We will be providing 2 days of freight sessions, networking, and tours. This is our 19th annual meeting with freight professionals from the 10 states of MAASTO and every year these meetings get better.   Meeting agenda and additional details to […]

 

MAFC 35: Safety Implications of Truck Regulations: Speed Limitations and Right Lane Only Operations

The Safety Implications of Truck Regulations report is now available. This study considers two truck regulations of timely interest: truck speed limitations (speed limiter devices and differential speed limits), and truck lane restrictions (right lane only laws). Key factors related to implementation of the regulations, stakeholder opinions, summary of findings from past studies are presented […]