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The Roads’ Role in the Freight Transport System
Transportation Research Procedia, 2016 AbstractThe transport system is often described as the lifeblood system of modern society. Roads constitute a fundamental part of this system for both passenger and freight transports. Freight transport is expected to increase throughout Europe by 80% until 2050 (EU, 2011).
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Environmental Management from the Point of View of the Energy Intensity of Road Freight Transport and Shocks. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Szaruga E, Załoga E.
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Gdańsk Road Freight Transport Companies - Development or Decline
Transport Economics and Logistics, 2019 Road transport plays an important role in the process of shaping economic efficiency. Over the period considered, the number of road freight transport companies that went bankrupt increased. The aim of the article is to assess the financial condition of road freight transport companies using discriminant methods and to determine whether the surveyed ...
Joanna Hartenberger-Liszek +1 more
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Perner’s Contacts, 2012 Technical and technological progress affect the area of road freight transport. The age of vehicles is an indicator of "modernity", acceptability to the environment and competitiveness, as well as the state of road freight transport.
Vladimír Konečný, Ivana Šimková
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Sustainability actions in road freight transporters
Revista Eniac Pesquisa, 2017 This study aimed to analyze the actions related to sustainability carried out by two road trucking companies in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The method used was the multiple case study, having as data collection instrument the interview in-depth. In the analyze it is possible to see that both companies make use of sustainability as a competitive ...
Leonardo Fabris Lugoboni +4 more
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South Africa’s freight rail reform: A demand-driven perspective
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2014 During the 20th century, freight transport in South Africa was employed to attain politicoeconomic ideals, resulting in the overprotection of rail and overregulation of road transport.
Jan H. Havenga +2 more
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South Africa’s rising logistics costs: An uncertain future
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2014 A country’s competitiveness can be severely hampered by an uncompetitive freight logistics system. During the first decade of the 21st century, two in-depth models were developed for South Africa which provide a framework for measuring and improving the ...
Jan H. Havenga +3 more
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Pricing and Internalizing Noise Externalities in Road Freight Transportation
Transportation Research Procedia, 2017 People living close to main roads may suffer from the nuisance of traffic and noise pollution. This paper assesses the effect of full routing cost in vehicle routing decisions by internalizing the external cost of noise. On a first step, noise externalities are economically assessed through a contingent valuation procedure.
Serrano Hernández, Adrián +4 more
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Genesis of the inefficiency problem in transport and logistics production in the Russian Federation
Transportation and Information Technologies in RussiaBackground. The article analyzes the inefficiency of transport and logistics production in Russia, particularly in the road freight sector. It demonstrates that the current structure, driven by the interests of individual companies, fails to ensure long ...
Roman O. Sudorgin +2 more
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Modeling Railway Express Freight Train Operation Plans in Road-Rail Multimodal Transport
IEEE AccessWithin the road-rail multimodal transport service network, optimally designed railway operation plans contribute to reducing overall logistics costs while guaranteeing the freight delivery timeliness.
Yuxuan Fang +3 more
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