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The future of transport between digitalization and decarbonization : trends, strategies and effects on energy consumption

Noussan, Michel; Hafner, Manfred; Tagliapietra, Simone - 2020

Energy systems are rapidly transitioning towards decarbonization, thanks in part to innovative digital technologies and changing mobility demands. This open access book examines the decarbonization and digitalization transformation in the transport sector, with a particular focus on energy...

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Accessibility of Nonprofit Services: Transportation Network Companies and Client Mobility

Mason, Dyana P.; Menard, Miranda - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 13 (2022) 4, pp. 333-343

adapt to new transportation options and technologies, nonprofit organizations and the services they provide need to be kept … transportation network companies – like Uber and Lyft – on the accessibility of human services provided by nonprofit organizations …

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Modelling and optimisation of Indian traditional agriculture supply chain to reduce post-harvest loss and CO 2 emission

Chandrasekaran, Manivannan; Ranganathan, Rajesh - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 117 (2017) 9, pp. 1817-1841

traditional agriculture SC planning model to reduce post-harvest loss and mixed closed transportation to reduce CO 2 emission … estimate the CO 2 emission. The mixed closed transportation method is found to be suitable for short-purpose domestic … transportation. Research limitations/implications The optimized supply structure leads to unemployment through eliminating the …

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Ring hierarchical hub network design problem : exact and heuristic solution methods

Eydi, Alireza; Khaleghi, Amir; Barzegar, Khaled - In: EURO journal on transportation and logistics 11 (2022), pp. 1-23

also be allocated to each of these hubs (central hubs or secondary hubs). The objective is to minimize transportation costs …

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The reduction of CO2e emissions in the transportation sector : Plug-in electric vehicles and biofuels

Moreira, José R.; Pacca, Sergio A.; Goldemberg, José - In: Renewable and sustainable energy transition 2 (2022), pp. 1-9

The global transport sector is the second largest energy consumer and strongly relies on fossil fuels. Efforts for reducing GHG emissions on this sector depend on energy efficiency improvement and the use of renewable fuels and electrification. All these technologies are commercially available...

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Charging needs for electric semi-trailer trucks

Borlaug, Brennan; Moniot, Matthew; Birky, Alicia; … - In: Renewable and sustainable energy transition 2 (2022), pp. 1-10

Battery-electric vehicles provide a pathway to decarbonize heavy-duty trucking, but the market for heavy-duty battery-electric semi-trailer trucks is nascent, and specific charging requirements remain uncertain. We leverage large-scale vehicle telematics data (205 million miles of driving) to...

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Sustainable development goals and transportation modes : analyzing sustainability pillars of environment, health, and economy

Taghvaee, Vahid Mohamad; Nodehi, Mehrab; Saber, Raziyeh … - In: World development sustainability 1 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15

all the pillars of sustainable development including environment, health, and economy. This study, takes transportation as … of each transportation mode with each pillar of sustainability including environment, health, and economy. We employ VAR … transportation modes with the sustainable development in Iran are then ranked as: a) rail, b) air, c) road, and d) maritime …

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Sustainable last-mile distribution in B2C e-commerce : do consumers really care?

Marcilio Nogueira, Geísa Pereira; Rangel, João José … - In: Cleaner and responsible consumption 3 (2021), pp. 1-9

Over the past few years, consumers have prioritized cost and speed over sustainability when referring to ecommerce decisions, ignoring the impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with last-mile distribution of the purchased products. There are numerous research calls to enhance our...

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Risk analysis of transport requalification projects in the urban mobility problem caused by a mining disaster

Fontana, Marcele Elisa; Levino, Natallya de Almeida; … - In: Logistics 7 (2023) 3, pp. 1-17

Background: This paper proposes a risk analysis of transport requalification projects in the urban mobility problem caused by a mining disaster related to irregular rock salt extraction in the city of Maceió, Brazil. Methods: The model is composed of three main steps: problem definition, risk...

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Auswirkungen disaggregierter Regulierung auf die Kapazität von Verkehrssektoren : eine wettbewerbstheoretische und empirische Untersuchung am Beispiel des Luftverkehrssektors

Keitel, Sebastian - 2015

Infrastrukturen in Verkehrssektoren sind regelmäßig Gegenstand von Diskussionen um Marktversagen und Markteingriffe. Die in der EU verfolgten Regulierungsansätze und die daraus entstandene Regulierungslandschaft insbesondere in Verkehrssektoren sind dadurch divers: Während...

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