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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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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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Intelligent Transportation System Applications and Logistics Resources for Logistics Customer Service in Road Freight Transport Enterprises

Energies, 2022
Road freight transport involves many adversities, along with the growing effect of carbon dioxide transmitted by vehicles on the natural environment, greenhouse gas emissions, or extensive energy use.
Marta Kadłubek, Eleftherios Thalassinos, Joanna Domagała, Sandra Grabowska, Sebastian Saniuk   +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 demand model for international freight transport by road [PDF]

European Transport Research Review, 2008
Abstract This paper presents a system of models for the estimation of road international (import/export) freight flows by using a partial share approach. It allows to simulate generation (for export), attraction (for import) and distribution steps for the estimation of freight flows in quantities (commodity approach), from which the ...
NUZZOLO, AGOSTINO, CRISALLI, UMBERTO, COMI, ANTONIO   +2 more
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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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Evaluation of urban freight transport operations in Surakarta city

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
In an effort to monitor and control the urban freight transport, the Municipal Government of Surakarta City issue a dispensation license for freight vehicles through the inner-city road. Nevertheless, the facts indicate that traffic violations by freight
Budi Yulianto
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Uniform Market Conditions in Road Freight Transport [PDF]

LOGI - Scientific Journal on Transport and Logistics, 2018
Abstract International road transport is a specific service within the frame of services provided in the European Union. It is because the conditions of being active on the market are influenced by the states where businessmen operate, but services can be provided throughout the whole year in other member states of the European Union ...
Miloš Poliak, Salvador Hernandez, Patrícia Šimurková   +2 more
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Results of the study of the relationship between the number of rolling stock units of freight road transport and gross regional products

Интеллект. Инновации. Инвестиции, 2022
Road transport is an important branch of the national economy. This is due to many of its advantages compared to other modes of transport, primarily high mobility and the ability to deliver goods “to the doorstep”.
I. I. Lyubimov, N. N. Yakunin, N. V. Yakunina   +2 more
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Strategic Positioning of the Road Freight Transportation Companies: the Case of Croatia [PDF]

Journal of Economic and Social Development (Varaždin), 2019
In today’s environment, for the companies to survive, it is necessary that they establish strong positions. Positioning enables a firm to present its strategy to the target market and gives it the possibility of managing the users of its services ...
NALETINA Dora
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