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The use of intelligent solution represents the key factor for developing both the logistics sector and the economic environment. This paper analyses the Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and its role in the Supply Chain Management (SCM) especially in logistics and transport...
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This paper proposes a taxonomy of the main regional transport infrastructure indicators available in Italy and discusses the principal merits and limitations of each of them. The indexes show scant correlation and may offer contrasting data on the infrastructure endowment of a given area. As a...
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The main messages of the contribution in five points are the following: (1) Besides temporal relations of sustainability, we also have to underline the importance of the spatial context of it. (2) It is the internal network of a region that helps to preserve the structure and the existing...
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typical day emissions with and without the policies, showing which ones are more useful, also considering local starting point … (fleets, local transport share, …). This allows a general “rank” of possible procedures in terms of emissions reduction in … relation with total and transport only sector emissions, showing the real effectiveness of limitation policies, commonly used …
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period 2014-2030, and for the first time we estimate the related greenhouse gas emissions expressed in CO2 equivalent and the … the greenhouse gas emissions, we adopt the Tier 2 method, which uses for each vehicle classification the number of … emissions and the increases/decreases in the corresponding costs, marginal abatement cost curves are constructed first for …
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In this paper we present for Greece a methodology for predicting emissions and estimating the abatement costs of the … emissions of the most important pollutants using the Tier 2 method. For the application of this method, we forecast the number …
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Usually transport systems, and roads in particular, are viewed as public goods. However, this is not always the case. In Sweden a large part of the road system is privately owned. Most of these privately owned roads are rural roads used by farmers and summer cottage owners, or used for forest...
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This paper discusses several competition issues that have emerged in the Latin American rail industry after the recent restructuring experiences started during the 1990s. The analysis focuses on Brazil and Mexico providing a brief account of the main characteristics of the concessioning process...
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We formulate a horizontal differentiation model with price-sensitive demand and asymmetric transport costs, in the context of transport scheduling. Two competitors choose fares and departure times in a fixed time interval. Consumers are distributed uniformly along the interval; their location...
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This study assessed the travel characteristics of the elderly population in Lokoja metropolis in North Central Nigeria. This was with a view to developing a database for proper formulation and implementation of a sustainable transport policy for elderly people in Lokoja metropolis in particular...
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