Investigating the Implementation of Potential Strategies for Enhancing Urban Mobility and a City Logistics System on the Island of Corfu
The aim of this paper is to identify potential strategies for establishing more sustainable transport systems, in the island of Corfu, Greece. Thus, it investigates the implementation of “intermediate” and “flexible” transport and logistics schemes, operated by eco-friendly vehicles, allowing Corfu Island to achieve high standards of energy efficiency and environmental quality. With an ultimate scope to achieve remarkable modal shift from private transport to eco and energy efficient sustainable services and significant rationalization of freight delivery services, the suggested strategies aim to achieve: reduction of private traffic, improvement of passengers’ local mobility, rationalization and optimization of freight distribution on the island. Interviews with people working in the transport related field are utilized as the main research instrument and shed light on the needs and requirements of a reorganized transport system for both passengers and goods in the island. The investigation conducted, shows that the island needs a reduction of car use, improvement of public transport services and logistic services optimization. Therefore, three potential measures are proposed and further analyzed.
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Ashurst Lodge
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Authors:
- Morfoulaki, M
- Kotoula, K
- Mirovali, G
- Chrysostomou, K
- Stathacopoulos, A
- Batsoulis, A
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Conference:
- 9th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability
- Location: Siena , Italy
- Date: 2014-9-23 to 2014-9-25
- Publication Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Pagination: 12p
- Monograph Title: The Sustainable City IX: Urban Regeneration and Sustainability
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Serial:
- WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
- Volume: 191
- Publisher: WIT Press
- ISSN: 1743-3541
- Serial URL: http://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-ecology-and-the-environment
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Freight traffic; Logistics; Mobility; Modal shift; Optimization; Passenger traffic; Public transit
- Geographic Terms: Corfu (Greece)
- Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01583294
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9781845648213
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Dec 23 2015 8:08AM