Editorial: Data-driven innovations in policy-oriented freight transport models and planning methods

Jesus Gonzalez Feliu (), Anne Goodchild and David Guerrero ()
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Jesus Gonzalez Feliu: FAYOL-ENSMSE - Institut Henri Fayol - Mines Saint-Étienne MSE - École des Mines de Saint-Étienne - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]
Anne Goodchild: University of Washington [Seattle]
David Guerrero: IFSTTAR/AME/SPLOTT - Systèmes Productifs, Logistique, Organisation des Transports et Travail - IFSTTAR - Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux - Communauté Université Paris-Est
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Abstract: Freight transport is a challenging economic sector, as it is essential for the functioning of production and distribution systems but and the same time is at the origin of many nuisances such as congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and noise. When responding to these issues, planners dispose nowadays of a growing body of freight data that can be used for the implementation of policies towards achieving smart mobility. Because contrary to current practice and dominant discourse, smart mobility is not just a matter of passengers: it also largely relies on more sustainable freight plays an transport. Policy makers see in those new sources of data an opportunity to increase their knowledge on freight transport as well as to have suitable decision support tools to the choices they need to make. In developed countries this trend is illustrated by the increasing requirement of data by recent legislation on freight transport. But these data are not always easily available, and when they are, they are not necessarily adapted to the needs of practitioners. This mismatch partly results in a lack of dialogue between researchers and practitioners, that this special issue intends to promote.

Keywords: TRANSPORT DE MARCHANDISE; MODELISATION; PLANIFICATION; POLITIQUE; SYSTEME DE TRANSPORT; DONNEE; TRANSPORT DE MARCHANDISES; BASE DE DONNEES (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-01-01
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Published in European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2016, 16 (1), pp 1-3. ⟨10.18757/ejtir.2016.16.1.3109⟩

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DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2016.16.1.3109

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