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The Biofuels Blueprint: Understanding the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We provide a comprehensive review of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), synthesizing nearly two decades of program evolution, market outcomes, and economic analysis. The RFS mandates minimum volumes of renewable fuel blending through a nested structure based on life‐cycle greenhouse gas reductions, enforced via tradeable Renewable ...
Maria Gerveni, Todd Hubbs, Scott H. Irwin, James H. Stock   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Citizens perceptions of urban freight transport: an international comparison

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Urban freight transport is essential for cities as it facilitates the delivery of goods and services to meet stakeholder needs. However, it also creates challenges, including congestion, parking space occupation, pollution, and accidents involving ...
João Guilherme da Costa Braga França, Kinga Kijewska, Stanislaw Iwan, Cassiano Augusto Isler, Leise Kelli de Oliveira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mixed applied survey methodology for planning/enforcement of urban logistics delivery bays– An application to the Moroccan context [PDF]

Archives of Transport, 2020
Roads and parking areas represent a place of conflict between freight vehicles and other urban activities, especially on mixed residential and commercial streets.
Imane Moufad, Fouad Jawab
doaj   +1 more source

Urban freight transport from a local authority perspective – a literature review [PDF]

, 2013
On the path towards sustainability for the urban area, local authorities make decisions that affect freight transport. However, in many ways, urban freight transport is a neglected issue.
Lindholm, Maria
core   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Electrification of Urban Freight Transport - a Case Study of the Food Retailing Industry [PDF]

, 2020
Decarbonisation is a major challenge for the coming decades, for all industries, including the transport sector. Battery electric vehicles are a potential solution for the transport sector to reduce its carbon impact.
Grahle, Alexander, Göhlich, Dietmar, Martins-Turner, Kai, Nagel, Kai   +3 more
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How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke, Joelle Moore, Fatemeh Aminpour, Katya Eagles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Urban Freight Optimization for Isobenefit Cities: Integrating Neural Networks and Graph Theory

Urban Science
Urban logistics serves as a cornerstone for efficient freight transport and sustainable city development, particularly in contexts challenged by congestion and environmental pressures.
Tarak Barhoumi, Sami Jarboui, Younes Boujelbene   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the Impacts of Crowdshipping Using Public Transport: A Case Study in a Middle-Sized Greek City

Future Transportation, 2022
Crowdsourced deliveries or crowdshipping is identified in recent literature as an emerging urban freight transport solution, aiming at reducing delivery costs, congestion, and environmental impacts.
Ioannis Karakikes, Eftihia Nathanail
doaj   +1 more source