Sustainable Freight Transport

Tavasszy, Lóránt; Piecyk, Maja

doi:10.3390/su10103624

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“…Interdisciplinary and multilateral research approaches are required to design, test and implement interventions. Such might refer to the introduction of new transport technologies, but they might also refer to changes in policy and legal frameworks for transport, regarding production and logistics processes [15].…”

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An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy

2022

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Background: The Irish government has put forth sustainable transport policy measures, yet the emphasis is mainly on the active travel and sustainable mobility for passenger transport. Contrariwise, freight transport has not received equal consideration in policy measures, regulatory frameworks, and support schemes towards the low-carbon transition. This study seeks to address this imbalance. Methods: The paper proposes an adaptation of the ASI framework for freight transport and assesses the applicability of a number of international sustainable transport measures based on their potential sustainability impact if adopted in Ireland. The research applied a Policy Delphi Method to a heterogeneous expert panel. Results: The findings indicate that the current sustainable freight transport policy measures in Ireland are limited, and the paper suggests 38 measures for supply chains, maritime transport, rail transport and urban freight transport. The analysis further suggests that decarbonisation measures in Ireland should first formulate on the decarbonisation stages ‘avoid’ and ‘shift’, and then move to the ‘improve’ stage, thus leading to a greater impact on decarbonising the freight sector. Conclusions: An ‘ASI for freight transport’ framework is proposed as a taxonomy to systematically compare freight decarbonisation policy measures locally and internationally. This updated framework can serve as a new lens to prioritise sustainable freight policy measures. Recommendations are proposed for developing policy measures for sustainable freight transport in Ireland.

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Section: Policy Framework Related To Sustainable Freight Transportmentioning

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An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy

2022

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“…Sustainability has become a paramount concern in today's world, and the freight transportation industry is no exception [1]. As the demand for global trade intensifies, so does the urgency to address the environmental impact and carbon emissions associated with freight transportation.…”

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Model of Multi Criteria Decision-Making for Selection of Transportation Alternatives on the Base of Transport Needs Hierarchy Framework and Application of Petri Net

Kabashkin

2023

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The article presents an approach for choosing alternative transport routes in a multimodal transport system. This approach includes (1) the transportation needs hierarchy method and (2) the Evaluation of Petri Nets (E-nets) as a modeling tool. The purpose of the study is to develop a methodology for choosing alternative routes for the transportation of goods, taking into account the criteria used by decision-makers. The structure of the hierarchy of transport needs is proposed, which consists of five levels: geographical, economic, institutional/political, infrastructural, and technological. For each of the levels, sets of indicators characterizing it are proposed. The Petri net model captures system dynamics and allows the evaluation of alternative routes. A set of standard rules for transforming the structure of the hierarchy of transport needs into a Petri net is proposed, considering preference parameters for each level of the hierarchy. The proposed approach and the models built on its basis can be applied in the field of cargo transportation to improve operational efficiency and improve decision-making results.

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“…At the same time, national laws, regulations, and administrative measures relating to the technological, social, and fiscal environment in which transport services are provided are being harmonized, a process that is becoming increasingly important [3]. The volumes of goods and passengers transported have been steadily increasing due to the results of the opening and liberalization of transport markets and the EU internal market, the formal abolition of borders, price reductions, and technological innovation [4]. However, an economically successful and dynamic transport sector must also face some serious threats, especially those related to the environment, and therefore the "sustainability model" is becoming increasingly important [5].…”

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Multi-Criteria-Based Optimization Model for Sustainable Mobility and Transport

Malinovský

Šubrt

2023

Sustainability

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This paper deals with problems of freight transport sustainability from the perspective of four key factors: greenhouse gas production, fossil fuel dependence, congestion, and accident rates. It is based on the results of the FreightVision project, in which the author participated as a researcher and member of the design team. The aim was to develop a set of 35 recommendations to serve as a tool for European Union decision-making in transport policy matters at the highest level. The developed measures were prioritized, and a list of individual recommendations was drawn up according to their potentials. Then, the set of measures was processed using multi-criteria analysis tools, and these results were compared with the original list using comparative analysis to identify differences between the two approaches. The contribution of this work is the development of a methodology for evaluating the traffic measures according to their priorities and, at the same time, the verification of the empirical results thus obtained with the results that were the output of the mathematical processing. This work fills a research gap in a similar problem area by working with specific measures systematically developed for the purposes of analysis; these results are used to formulate recommendations for the European Commission whose policy decisions should lead to an increased level of freight transport sustainability.

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Sustainable Freight Transport

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Cited by 9 publications

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An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy

An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy

Model of Multi Criteria Decision-Making for Selection of Transportation Alternatives on the Base of Transport Needs Hierarchy Framework and Application of Petri Net

Multi-Criteria-Based Optimization Model for Sustainable Mobility and Transport

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