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Research on the Relationship between CO2 Emissions, Road Transport, Economic Growth and Energy Consumption on the Example of the Visegrad Group Countries

open access: yesEnergies, 2023
This study examines the cointegration and short- and long-run causal relationships between economic growth and CO2 emissions, fuel consumption and the amount of freight transported by road transport in the Visegrad Group countries between 1990 and 2019 ...
Błażej Suproń, Irena Łącka
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Effect of internet of things on road freight industry

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2021
Background: Evolution in global supply chain has created numerous complexities especially in the transportation of freight. Some of the complexities include ever increasing operational cost, long lead-times, limited end-to-end visibility and raw material
Nadine Farquharson   +2 more
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Exploring the Sustainable Effects of Urban-Port Road System Reconstruction

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
The aim of the research is to identify and quantify the direct sustainable effects resulting from the improved road infrastructure in the local urban-port transport system. This case study considers the city port of Szczecin (Poland).
Dariusz Bernacki, Christian Lis
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Economic Fundamentals for Development of International Road Freight Transportation Logistics in the Republic of Belarus under Coronavirus Pandemic

open access: yesНаука 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]

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating factors affecting road freight overloading through the integrated use of BLR and CART: a case study in China

open access: yesTransport, 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   +6 more
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A comparative analysis of road and rail performance in freight transport: an example from Nigeria

open access: yesUrban, 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
doaj   +1 more source

London 2012: changing delivery patterns in response to the impact of the Games on traffic flows [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.   +29 more
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Decarbonizing intraregional freight systems with a focus on modal shift

open access: yesEnvironmental 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   +4 more
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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]

open access: yes, 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   +2 more
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