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A Review of Sustainable Practices in Road Freight Transport [PDF]
arXivSustainable road freight transport becomes indispensable in the field of transportation and logistics. The new technological change, the environmental impacts, and social responsibility laid freight road transport in front of various challenges, which makes the sustainable practices a vital solution in the sector.
Gupta, Subash +2 more
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Rebound effects in UK road freight transport [PDF]
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2018 This paper analyses aggregate time-series data to estimate the direct rebound effect in UK road freight over the period 1970–2014. We investigate 25 different model specifications, conduct a comprehensive set of diagnostic tests to evaluate the ...
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Transport Problems, 2023 In this paper, we investigate the conditions that must be met for modal shift (i.e., the transfer of freight transport from road to rail). In addition to describing the competitiveness conditions, the paper makes technical and organizational proposals ...
Laszlo VIDA, Béla ILLÉS, Antal VÉHA
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Information and communication technologies, road freight transport, and environmental sustainability [PDF]
Environmental Economics, 2020 Despite progress in reducing air pollutants in several countries, freight transport continues to have undesirable effects on environmental quality, human health, and the economy.
Walid Chatti
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Economic, Energy and Environmental Efficiency of Road Freight Transportation Sector in the EU
Energies, 2022 The proper development of transportation constitutes the basis for an effectively functioning economy at the national and global levels. On the other hand, transportation significantly impacts the environment and climate.
Joanna Domagała, Marta Kadłubek
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Prospects for Electrification of Road Freight [PDF]
IEEE Systems Journal, 2018 A plethora of decarbonization pathways have been suggested over the last few years and it has been generally accepted that substantial progress toward more sustainable transport requires a significant contribution from the freight sector. Deep decarbonization of road freight by conventional means is difficult, so alternatives need to be investigated ...
Nicolaides, D, Cebon, D, Miles, J
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NEW IDEAS FOR INLAND INTERMODAL TRANSPORT [PDF]
Transport Problems, 2020 Thisarticle focuses onthe competitive disadvantagesofexisting intermodal rail-road transport comparedwithroad transport. The authorsstate that the domestic and continental combined freight transport system can be competitive in terms of both time
Béla ILLÉS, Antal VÉHA, Laszlo VIDA
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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 +2 more
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Assignment of Freight Traffic in a Large-Scale Intermodal Network under Uncertainty [PDF]
Highlights of Sustainability, 3(1), 1-15 (2024), 2021 This paper presents a methodology for freight traffic assignment in a large-scale road-rail intermodal network under uncertainty. Network uncertainties caused by natural disasters have dramatically increased in recent years. Several of these disasters (e.g., Hurricane Sandy, Mississippi River Flooding, and Hurricane Harvey) severely disrupted the U.S ...
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Multidimensionality of agricultural grain road freight price: a multiple linear regression model approach by variable selection [PDF]
Ciência Rural, 2023 : The road system is the main mode used for the transportation of agricultural cargo, and in some cases, it is the only option for handling this type of product.
Alcília Mena José Sitoe Macarringue +3 more
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