Focussing on the Human Face of Road Freight Transport

Despite many awareness campaigns and actions, staff safety remains a major issue for road managers, particularly with regard to truck traffic. Motorways today are often considered to be “pipes” lacking a human side, and truck drivers seem to be “invisible” to society. Atlandes, concessionaire of the A63, the “moors” motorway in south-west France near the Spanish border, tried to change this perception by organising an original event that brought together truck drivers and staff.

Hydrogen Among Other Solutions to Decarbonate Road Freight Transport

To limit global warming to +2°C and hopefully 1.5°C, Europe, UK, Japan and Korea have already announced carbon neutrality in 2050, China in 2060 and it becomes probable that the USA will join this dynamic. Road transportation (cars, pick-ups, light commercial vehicles, medium and heavy-duty trucks) accounts for more than 16% of energy related world-wide greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions1, almost exclusively CO2. Share of commercial freight – LCVs and medium-heavy duty trucks - is 43% of this, [...]

Expert System for the Identification of Appropriate Logistics Areas in Austria

Freight transport and logistics services represent a crucial element for the entire value chain. In order to support the function of the logistics industry, it is necessary from an economic, ecological and social point of view to provide areas with optimal preconditions. It is therefore essential to identify those areas that offer the best framework conditions for freight transportation and logistics services with minimal conflict potential to existing sensitive areas (residential areas, healthcare [...]

Identifying Technology Applications to Address Freight Transportation Challenges and Needs in Texas

The 2018 Texas Freight Mobility Plan (TFMP) provided Texas with a blueprint for facilitating continued economic growth through a comprehensive, multimodal strategy for addressing freight transportation. One major recommendation from the TFMP is for the State to develop and implement a statewide, technology-based freight safety and operations program. This recommendation recognizes that roadway infrastructure investments alone will not be able to meet the freight system’s stakeholder needs related [...]

HGV Spacing and Silhouettes on a Motorway

Besides monitoring compliance with regulations on commercial vehicle weight, weigh-in-motion (WIM) devices provide detailed data that are very useful for analysing characteristics of road freight traffic and HGV driver behaviour [1, 2]. This paper presents results on HGV spacing and silhouettes on a French motorway. Detailed, anonymised data from WIM devices on the A63 motorway (illustration 1) were provided by the French Centre of Studies and Expertise on Risks, the Environment, Mobility and Planning [...]