Road freight transportation is subject to several legal requirements having direct impact on the practical applicability of routes and schedules.The vast majority of vehicle routing literature, so far, has largely focused on physical constraints such as capacity limits, or customer requirements...

Since April 2007 working hours of truck drivers in the European Union must comply with regulation (EC) No 561/2006. According to the new regulation, transport companies must organise the work of drivers in a way that drivers are able to comply with the regulation and can be made liable for...