Sustainable transportation and smart logistics : decision-making models and solutions

Front Cover -- SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION AND SMART LOGISTICS -- SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION AND SMART LOGISTICS: DECISION-MAKING MODELS AND SOLUTIONS -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- PURPOSE OF THE BOOK -- TARGET AUDIENCE -- OVERVIEW OF THE BOOK -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- I - BASIC CONCEPTS IN TRANSPORTATION -- 1 - Sustainable Transportation: Concepts and Current Practices -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION -- 3. SOURCES OF ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION MODALITIES -- 4. PLANNING INTERMODAL LOGISTICS -- 5. QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR DECISION MAKING IN TRANSPORTATION -- 6. EMERGING TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION -- 6.1 Drones -- 6.2 Car Sharing -- 6.3 Automatic-Driven Vehicles -- 6.4 Public Transportation for Cargo -- 6.5 Trunk Delivery -- 7. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- 2 - Introduction to the Technology, Applications, and Modal Choice of Land Transport -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 A Short Introductory History -- 1.2 Fundamentals of Road and Rail Transport -- 1.3 Organization of the Chapter -- 2. ROAD TRANSPORT -- 2.1 The Road -- 2.2 Vehicles -- 2.2.1 Sources of Power -- 2.2.2 Combination and Long Combination Vehicles -- 3. RAIL TRANSPORT -- 3.1 Track -- 3.2 Rolling Stock -- 3.3 Signals and Traffic Control -- 3.4 Light Rail -- 3.5 Labor -- 4. SERVICE DESIGN -- 4.1 Hours of Service -- 4.2 Capacity Considerations -- 4.3 Road Transport Service Design -- 4.4 Railway Passenger Service Design -- 4.5 Passenger Traffic Modal Choice -- 4.6 Rail Freight Service Design -- 4.7 Freight Traffic Modal Choice -- 5. FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES -- References -- 3 - Environmental Sustainability in Ports -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE CONCEPT AND AREAS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN PORTS -- 3. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF MARITIME LOGISTICS AND PORT OPERATIONS -- 4. AN APPLICATION TO BERTH SCHEDULING.