Many countries have enhanced their air quality agenda (NOx, PMx etc.) by a climate change (CO2 etc.). A direct way to lower these emissions is using less energy (fuel) per activity. One of activities freight transport. Transport from supplier factory relies on efficient and cost-effective means Road transport (trucking) usually preferred. But, trucking still very dependent fossil fuels. It also...

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate how a smart phone freight application service (Apps) could reduce CO2 emissions in road freight transport and to identify the core problems for improvements. Methods This research uses a multiple-case-study approach to examine several existing freight apps in the Chinese market. The study was conducted using multiple data collection technique...

Three piece bogies are widely in use by the freight railway services throughout the world. In comparison with the other freight bogies they cost less and are easier to maintain. However, they do not exhibit favorable curving behavior. Amongst the methods to improve the bogie performance is the proposal to introduce lateral clearance in the bogies’ axleboxs. In the case of the three piece bogies...