Greening of Freight Transportation Through the Use of IT. A Survey of Swedish Research Ramstedt, Linda ; Davidsson, Paul
Publication details: Bryssel ITS in daily life: 16th world congress and exhibition on intelligent transport systems and services, Stockholm 21-25 September 2009. Paper, 2009Description: 8 sSubject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI P1835:16 [World]Location: Abstract: This paper presents parts of a survey of Swedish research and development within the field of information technology (IT), which has the potential to reduce the negative environmental effects of freight transportation as a consequence of the usage of IT. Research projects are collected into a database by letting the actors fill in a questionnaire in order to facilitate the analysis of the results, and the results are analyzed. The survey showed that there exist several different types of fields that are covered and that many of them have win-win solutions where both environmental and economical effects are benefited.| Current library | Status | |
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This paper presents parts of a survey of Swedish research and development within the field of information technology (IT), which has the potential to reduce the negative environmental effects of freight transportation as a consequence of the usage of IT. Research projects are collected into a database by letting the actors fill in a questionnaire in order to facilitate the analysis of the results, and the results are analyzed. The survey showed that there exist several different types of fields that are covered and that many of them have win-win solutions where both environmental and economical effects are benefited.