Transport user involvement : analyzing the impact of sustainability on freight transport Pahlén, Pehr-Ola ; Carlson, Raul
Publication details: Göteborg Chalmers University of Technology. Department of Technology Management and Economics, [2013?]Description: 9 sSubject(s): Online resources: Abstract: Though efficiency sometimes refers to transport capacity, sometimes to energy and fuel use, and at other times to cost efficiency. In this paper we encompass any type of efficiency aspect in relation to sustainable development (WCED, 1987). This means that we encompass efficiency in terms of use of natural resources such as energy and fuel, efficiency in terms of lowest possible negative and highest positive impact on social aspects such as quality of life, and efficiency in terms of low economical costs and high economical gains. In this paper we investigate the lack of information that is a direct consequence of the lack of information sharing between shippers and transport operators, and how this may lead to inefficiency.Though efficiency sometimes refers to transport capacity, sometimes to energy and fuel use, and at other times to cost efficiency. In this paper we encompass any type of efficiency aspect in relation to sustainable development (WCED, 1987). This means that we encompass efficiency in terms of use of natural resources such as energy and fuel, efficiency in terms of lowest possible negative and highest positive impact on social aspects such as quality of life, and efficiency in terms of low economical costs and high economical gains. In this paper we investigate the lack of information that is a direct consequence of the lack of information sharing between shippers and transport operators, and how this may lead to inefficiency.