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> In 2005, a year after it announced that it will minimise left turns, the company said that the total distance covered by its 96,000 trucks was reduced by 747
by d--b 10y ago
> In 2005, a year after it announced that it will minimise left turns, the company said that the total distance covered by its 96,000 trucks was reduced by 747,000km, and 190,000 litres of fuel had been saved.
Er... I understand that you may reduce your fuel consumption by not waiting at red lights, but that the total distance driven has been reduced is clearly wrong!
Guys, you have a bug in your spreadsheet!
- deelowe 10y agoMaybe they also implemented a better navigation algorithm as part of this? The media likes to reduce everything down to soundbites, but IIRC, this is a rather large effort within UPS to improve routes in general. The left hand turn optimization was just one of the outcomes of this.