Economic growth and globalisation create traffic growth, leading to congestion, which again increases travel times and costs. Road pricing is an instrument that may efficiently reduce the negative impacts. This volume is a collection of research papers on the use of road pricing. The focus is on...

In April 2007 new legal rules concerning the driving and working hours of truck drivers have become valid in all member countries of the European Union. In the study of Christoph Manuel Meyer the dispatchers’ problem of combined vehicle routing and break scheduling is modelled and solved using...

One of the major challenges for European governments is to solve the dilemma of increasing the security and reducing fraud in international trade, while at the same time reducing the administrative burden for commercial as well as public administration organisations. To address these conflicting...

This book presents the latest technologies and operational methods available to support sustainable freight transport practices. It highlights market requirements, cutting edge applications, and case studies from innovators in the logistics services industry. The goal is to help bridge the gap...

Handlungsbedarf Transportmanagement -- Für den Transport- und Logistikmarkt relevante Megatrends -- Strategische Positionierung und Risikomanagement -- Grundlagen der Nutzfahrzeugkalkulation -- Entwicklung eines Kostenmodells auf Excel-Basis -- Transportkalkulation -- Ansätze zur Kostensenkung...

Einführung -- Grundlagen der Tourenplanung -- Merkmale der Tourenplanung im Straßengüterverkehr -- Methoden und Modelle zur Tourenplanung -- Modellierung von Tourenplanungsproblemen im Straßengüterverkehr -- Entwurf eines denEntwurfeines Verfahrens zur Tourenplanung -- Anwendungsbeispiele...

Recent developments in IC technologies have facilitated the practical application of dynamic vehicle routing systems. While most of the available dynamic approaches deal with urban area environments, the focus of this thesis is set to wide area dynamic freight transportation covering the entire...

This book combines wireless telematics systems with dynamic vehicle routing algorithms and vehicle-positioning systems to produce a telematics-enabled information system that can be employed by commercial fleet operators for real-time monitoring, control, and planning. The book further presents...

On the basis of an analysis conducted in a freight forwarding company, Marta Anna Krajewska identifies two levels of improving logistics performance. First, she demonstrates that on the local level the automated operational transportation planning increases the planning quality and influences...