As President Biden signs the bipartisan infrastructure bill, it’s important to determine which road, freight and information networks are the most vital to protect.
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Heavy goods vehicles predominantly run on diesel. Here are three options for eliminating their emissions.
Direct implications for maritime security are unlikely. But there will be ripple effects in the shipping industry and in many commercial sectors.
Irish trade with the EU contributes an additional 34 tonnes of toxic nitrogen oxides to air in the UK each year.
Carbon emissions from maritime freight are everyone’s problem because of climate change.
Rising e-commerce means more delivery trucks and urban gridlock. Lockers at transit centers, where carriers can leave packages for people who live or work nearby, are a potential solution.
Supply-chain experts see reliable data, STEM education and smarter regulation as essential for Australia to succeed in an increasingly automated world under pressure to be environmentally sustainable.
Sweden’s smart road allows electric cars to charge in motion. But alternative technologies might be a better option.
New research finds small drones on short deliveries use less carbon than the equivalent vehicles.
As the Lac Mégantic rail disaster trial begins, here’s how technology can help prevent a repeat of the tragedy that killed 47 people.
Online shopping giants and logistics firms are trying to improve efficiency and cut carbon – knowing that doing so will reduce their operating costs while appealing to green-minded consumers.
When planning major infrastructure investments, it’s important to know which road, freight and information networks are most important – and which proposals might make things worse, not better.
Cargo that automatically reports to customs, containers that monitor their contents, and robots that pick and pack at either end: technology is changing freight, forever.
“Without trucks, Australia stops” is now a fact of modern life. But when all costs are considered, road freight is an expensive way of moving large amounts of freight. And, as shown by ongoing fatal crashes…
Disappearing Arctic sea ice has brought new opportunities for shipping, and placed the top of the world squarely on industry and politicians’ agendas. When the bulk carrier MV Nordic Orion last week ferried…
Over the next 50 years the world will increasingly confront a dilemma. On the one hand, the global economy and local lifestyles depend on the mobility of people and goods. On the other, that mobility depends…
Truck transport accounts for roughly 25% of energy used in the global transport sector, making it a substantial contributor (2.6%) to worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. As concerns about greenhouse gas…
Articulated trucks such as semi-trailers and “B-Doubles” are involved in about 30% of fatal road accidents on the Pacific Highway. As the number of trucks carrying freight between Sydney and Brisbane increases…
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Philip Laird is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary Principal Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Professor and Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Professor Bahman Shabani, Discipline Leader, Mechanical Engineering Discipline, RMIT University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development), Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Professor in Urban and Environmental Planning, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Enterprise and Competitiveness, University of Birmingham
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Project scientist, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam
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Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Birmingham
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Sustainable Logistics Researcher, Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Associate Professor in the Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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Professor of Marine Transport and Logistics, Newcastle University
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Director, Urban Freight Lab, University of Washington
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center, University of Washington
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Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University
