Four Initiatives for PIARC to meet Freight Needs and Community Expectations in Road Transport.

Author(s)
Lundstroem, A.
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Abstract

Road freight transport as we know it originated approximately 100 years ago. In terms of the basic machine elements of the vehicle, very little haschanged: combustion engine, driver and load space, steering wheel, frame,axles and transmission. In terms of freight productivity a lot has changed. Taking the relation (load capacity) times (speed) divided by (fuel consumption), the productivity increase has been approximately a factor of onehundred over the past hundred years. Focusing on long distance road freight, this presentation identifies four areas of possible PIARC initiatives.For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.

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C 44692 (In: C 44570 DVD) /91 / ITRD E139616
Source

In: CD-PARIS : proceedings of the 23rd World Road Congress of the World Road Association PIARC, Paris, 17-21 September 2007, 3 p., 4 ref.

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