Living on the highway? Addressing highway infrastructure potential through object detection

IF 6.3 2区工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS

Transport Policy Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI:10.1016/j.tranpol.2025.103814

Albert Grafe, Julius Range, Benedikt Gloria

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Abstract

The rapid increasing demand for freight transport has precipitated a critical need for expanded highway infrastructure, including Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) parking spaces. Utilizing state-of-the-art object detection techniques in satellite imagery, we conduct a comprehensive analysis to assess the current availability of HGV parking facilities along German highways. We relate our results to HGV traffic volume data. Our findings reveal local disparities in infrastructure supply and demand. In a next step, we conduct location analysis to determine regions impacted the most by identified undersupply. Our results deliver valuable insights to both, specialized real estate developers and policymakers likewise.

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住在高速公路上？通过目标检测解决公路基础设施的潜力

货运需求的快速增长导致了对高速公路基础设施的迫切需求，包括重型货车（HGV）停车位。利用卫星图像中最先进的目标检测技术，我们进行了全面的分析，以评估德国高速公路沿线HGV停车设施的当前可用性。我们将我们的结果与HGV交通量数据联系起来。我们的研究结果揭示了基础设施供需的地方差异。下一步，我们进行位置分析，以确定受已确定的供应不足影响最大的地区。我们的研究结果为专业房地产开发商和政策制定者提供了有价值的见解。

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Transport Policy Multiple-

CiteScore

12.10

自引率

10.30%

发文量

282

期刊介绍： Transport Policy is an international journal aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice in transport. Its subject areas reflect the concerns of policymakers in government, industry, voluntary organisations and the public at large, providing independent, original and rigorous analysis to understand how policy decisions have been taken, monitor their effects, and suggest how they may be improved. The journal treats the transport sector comprehensively, and in the context of other sectors including energy, housing, industry and planning. All modes are covered: land, sea and air; road and rail; public and private; motorised and non-motorised; passenger and freight.