Samenvatting
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.