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Economic Fundamentals for Development of International Road Freight Transportation Logistics in the Republic of Belarus under Coronavirus Pandemic

Наука и техника, 2022
The paper considers an issue of international logistics development in Belarus under world coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of analytical reviewing of the up-to-date scientific literature on the problem under study, the expediency is stated for
R. B. Ivut, A. S. Zinevich
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Analyzing the productivity of Korea and China’s road freight transport industry: A nonparametric Malmquist approach [PDF]

Journal of International Logistics and Trade, 2006
The objectives of this paper are to estimate the annual Malmquist TFP(total factor productivity) index of Korea and China’s road freight transport with DEA(data envelope analysis) and to decompose the index into technical efficiency change and technology
Hun-Koo Ha, Sang-Won Lee, Zhao Cheng
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Investigating factors affecting road freight overloading through the integrated use of BLR and CART: a case study in China

Transport, 2020
Overloading of road freight vehicles accelerates road damage, creates unfair competition in the transport market, and increases safety risk. There is a dearth of research on the mining of data of highway Freight Weight (FW), and this paper therefore aims
Yikai Chen, Kai Wang, Yu Zhang, Renjia Luo, Shujun Yu, Qin Shi, Wenting Hu   +6 more
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A comparative analysis of road and rail performance in freight transport: an example from Nigeria

Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2022
The research examines the implication of Nigeria’s lopsided land transport structure for performance and efficiency in the freight transport sector using the Lagos–Kano corridor as a case study.
Adebukola Daramola
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How to make modal shift from road to rail possible in the European transport market, as aspired to in the EU Transport White Paper 2011 [PDF]

, 2016
The total demand for freight transport in Europe has increased significantly in recent decades, but most of it has been handled by road transport. To fulfil the modal shift targets set in the EU White Paper 2011, it will be necessary to double rail’s ...
Islam, Dewan Md Zahurul, Nelldal, Bo Lennart, RICCI, Stefano   +2 more
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Decarbonizing intraregional freight systems with a focus on modal shift

Environmental Research Letters, 2018
Road freight transportation accounts for around 7% of total world energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. With the appropriate incentives, energy savings and emissions reductions can be achieved by shifting freight to rail or water modes, both of which ...
Lynn H Kaack, Parth Vaishnav, M Granger Morgan, Inês L Azevedo, Srijana Rai   +4 more
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London 2012: changing delivery patterns in response to the impact of the Games on traffic flows [PDF]

, 2014
The paper addresses road freight transport operations during the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. It presents work carried out prior to the Games to understand pre-Games patterns of freight deliveries in London (for both light and heavy goods
Alleyne R., BBC, Bovy M., Bovy M., Bovy M., Central London Freight Quality Partnership, Chapman N., Department for Transport, Department for Transport, Department for Transport, Department for Transport, Frantzeskakis J., Freight Transport Association, Freight Transport Association, Hughes D., London Assembly, London Chamber of Commerce, London Travel Watch, Mayor of London, Office for National Statistics, Office for National Statistics, Olympic Delivery Authority, Olympic Delivery Authority, Smithers R., Transport for London, Transport for London, Transport for London, Transport for London, Transport for London, Visa Europe   +29 more
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A heavy goods vehicle fleet forecast for South Africa

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2018
Purpose: To develop and apply a methodology to calculate the heavy goods vehicle fleet required to meet South Africa’s projected road freight transport demand within the context of total surface freight transport demand. Methodology: Total freight flows
Jan H. Havenga, Phillippus P.T. le Roux, Zane P. Simpson   +2 more
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Freight Futures: The Potential Impact of Road Freight on Climate Policy [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017
This paper describes changes to the modelling of the transport sector in the WITCH (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid) model to incorporate road freight and account for the intensity of freight with respect to GDP. Modelling freight demand based on the intensity of freight with respect to GDP allows for a focus on the importance of road freight ...
Samuel Carrara, Thomas Longden
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Sustainability intervention mechanisms for managing road freight transport externalities: A systematic literature review [PDF]

, 2018
With road freight transport continuing to dominate global freight transport operations, there is increasing pressure on the freight transport industry and its stakeholders to address concerns over its sustainability. This paper adopts a systematic review
Ballantyne, E., Cullen, J., Kumar, N., Tob-Ogu, A.   +3 more
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