Decarbonizing intraregional freight systems with a focus on modal shift

Road freight transportation accounts for around 7% of total world energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. With the appropriate incentives, energy savings and emissions reductions can be achieved by shifting freight to rail or water modes, both of which are far more efficient than road. We briefly i...

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Main Authors: Lynn H Kaack, Parth Vaishnav, M Granger Morgan, Inês L Azevedo, Srijana Rai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aad56c