VIRTUAL LOGISTICS: TRANSPORT IN THE MARKETPLACE. IN: TRANSPORT LOGISTICS

The inability of transportation systems to provide mobility needed by the users forces the acceptance by the user of alternative sectors of mobility. Recognizing that transportation systems have difficulties in responding to society's needs for mobility in traditional means, the paper examines the possibilities for substituting physicaL mobility using various forms of electronic mobility. Some of the forms of virtual mobility reviewed include: conversations by telephone; fax; Internet; home shopping, and telecommute, etc.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Originally published in: International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 1998, 28 (7), 547-74.
• Corporate Authors:

  Edward Elgar Publishers

  William Pratt House, 9 Dewey Court
  Northampton, MA  United States  01060-3815
• Authors:
  • Crowley, J A
• Publication Date: 2002

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 573-600
• Serial:
  • Classics in Transport Analysis
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electronic mail; Logistics; Mobility; Mode choice; Telecommunications; Telecommuting; Trip purpose; Virtual reality
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963041
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1840645512
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 22 2003 12:00AM