INTEGRATED FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION CENTERS; INFLUENCE ON THE DECREASE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS IN URBAN AREAS

This paper analyzes the current environmental situation in cities, showing the importance of highway vehicle traffic in general, and trucks in particular. Analysis of the evolution of freight transportation by highway and the characteristics of the sector in Spain suggests, on the one hand, that the magnitude of the problems derived from freight transportation is growing and, on the other, that the fact that there is a great number of very small firms existing, and the location of these firms, concentrates a significant part of the problems in urban areas and makes the successful solution more difficult to reach. In order to lessen the adverse effects from heavy vehicle traffic in cities, Integrated Freight Centers (I.F.C.) appear to be a solution of undoubtable interest in medium- and large-sized cities. However, when analyzing the I.F.C.s from an environmental point of view, it is necessary to take into account the impact of these infrastructures and to weigh the environmental advantages and disadvantages. In doing so, the location factor is found to be fundamental.

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Authors:
- Ferrandiz, JVC
Publication Date: 1994-5-23

Language

English

Media Info

Pagination: p. 59-65
Serial:
- Science of the Total Environment
- Volume: 147
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0048-9697
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00489697

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Freight transportation; Heavy vehicles; Urban areas
Geographic Terms: Spain
Subject Areas: Environment; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment; I96: Vehicle Operating Costs;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00714787
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Dec 4 1995 12:00AM