Iso-emission map: A proposal to compare the environmental friendliness of short sea shipping vs road transport

Policy makers around the world are promoting different initiatives to face the threat of global warming. This work focuses on the transport sector. In particular, it focuses on those initiatives that promote the shift of traffic from road to sea by supporting short sea shipping services in order to reduce air emissions. The aim is to contribute to the debate about the desirability of this modal rebalance from an environmental point of view. To this end, the so-called iso-emission map is proposed. This new tool allows to identify the geographical scope where each transport alternative is more environmentally friendly. It is focused on physical emissions, therefore it provides an additional and complementary point of view about the suitability of any modal shift. To illustrate the proposal made, the iso-emission map is introduced through a case study: The motorway of the sea Gijón-St. Nazaire.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2019.01.015
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920918307569
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  • © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Vallejo-Pinto, Jose Angel
  • Garcia-Alonso, Lorena
  • 0000-0001-8318-2492
  • Álvarez Fernández, Roberto
  • Mateo-Mantecón, Ingrid
• Publication Date: 2019-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 596-609
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
  • Volume: 67
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1361-9209
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13619209

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Case studies; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gases; Highway transportation; Modal shift; Short sea shipping
• Geographic Terms: Gijon (Spain); Saint-Nazaire (France)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01692171
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 4 2019 2:46PM