"empty miles" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a distance traveled that has no purpose or result. Example: "After realizing he forgot his wallet, John had to drive back home for 20 empty miles to retrieve it before continuing his journey."
Particularly, the multi-agent approach yields less empty miles and a more stable service level.
The company posts more than 328 routes — lanes, in industry argot — on the Empty Miles site.
Retailer Macy's eliminated 21% of empty miles and saved about $1.75 million annually by joining a program that posts retailers' empty miles and finds shippers that can take advantage of the unused truck capacity.
An example is how reducing the number of empty miles can shrink a company's carbon footprint and capture cost savings in freight transportation.
Luckily, the cost of gaining access to the Empty Miles Web site that VICS and GS1 US created is just $1,600 a year.
Verna Bairn, 67, is a farm widow who has lived all her life in Oshkosh, Neb., about 115 mostly empty miles southeast of Lingle.
Eight times a day, an empty mile-long coal train eases into this desolate railroad junction.
Prior to the programme the roads were in remote and sparsely populated parts of the country and only lightly used, all but empty for mile upon mile.
These can be mounted anywhere in your car and can provide active miles-per-gallon updated every second, including calculations of cost per mile, gallons per hour, time till empty and miles till empty.
For decades, companies have tried to eliminate empty truck miles in an ad hoc fashion.
They also pointed to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory 2016 report that showed that AVs could triple fuel use due to easier travel and an increase in empty vehicle miles traveled.
