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In urban areas underground logistical systems - designed as delivery service to provide shops, industrial sites and office locations - may help to relieve the pressure of the road network in particular in the old inner cities which have to deal with increasing traffic congestion. When shops are...
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This paper addresses the design of an evaluation methodology for mainports and gateways as strategic nodal and multi-modal centres in an international transport network. After an exposition of the concepts of mainports and gateways, the attention will be focussed on the critical relevance of...
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goods, with a clear focus on rail. The route choice and modal split of freight flows in Europe are simultaneously taking … of such policies however, is fraught with many difficulties. The increasing freight flows after the European integration … on the Trans Alpine freight transport systems in the light of the future integration of single national transport systems …
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This paper offers a review of the scientific evidence regarding the relation between ICT and travel in general and ICT and commuting in particular. It focuses on the issue of teleworking at home and ignores other interesting phenomena as teleworking centers. The conclusions can be summarized as...
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This paper aims to trace the consequences of various global scenarios for the transportation system and the environment. After a review and the identification of four new world scenario's, the implications for sustainable transport are mapped out. The methodology is illustrated by means of a...
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In this paper we analyse interregional freight transport movements in Europe with a view on new spatial patterns based … interregional freight flows by comparing the two above methodologies. Our results in this framework highlight the fact that the two …
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