Delivering Goods in Urban Areas: How to Deal with Urban Policy Restrictions and the Environment
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The sustainability of the freight transportation system is an important topic, with many open research questions. In this project, you will review one paper that addresses some aspect of sustainable freight transportation. You will then discuss this paper with your peers, and present a synthesis of the group's papers. After a class-wide discussion, you will be asked to articulate one important and unresolved question you recommend for future research. Do you believe the article contributes to the development of a more sustainable freight transportation system? If so, how? Be sure to clearly define sustainability in this context, and consider primary and secondary effects of any change. Does the article propose any metrics for evaluating the sustainability of the freight transportation system? If so, do you believe these are useful metrics? Can you make any suggestions for improvements?
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Transportation Science
دوره 43 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009