Truck Driver Scheduling in the European Union

Since April 2007 working hours of truck drivers in the European Union are regulated by regulation (EC) No 561/2006. According to the new regulation, road transport undertakings must organise the work of drivers in a way that drivers are able to comply with the regulations and can be made liable for infringements committed by the drivers. Although of particular importance in long-distance haulage, regulations on working hours of truck drivers have only received very little attention in the scheduling literature. This paper presents a method for scheduling driving and working hours of truck drivers with respect to regulation (EC) No 561/2006. Given a sequence of locations to be visited within specified time windows, the approach is guaranteed to find a schedule complying with the regulation if such a schedule exists.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: TRANSCI
• Authors: Asvin Goel
• Keywords: European Union, Hardware, Road Transport Undertakings, TRANSCI 2010, Truck Drivers