Energy Efficient Freight Transport Network aims to reduce the cost, energy use, and carbon footprint associated with freight transportation networks. This folder contains various logistical strategies designed to increase energy-efficiency in freight transportation.
Energy Efficient Freight Transport Network aims to reduce the cost, energy use, and carbon footprint associated with freight transportation networks. This folder contains various private corporate initiatives designed to increase energy-efficiency in freight transportation.
Energy Efficient Freight Transport Network aims to reduce the cost, energy use, and carbon footprint associated with freight transportation networks. This folder contains products that provide advantages in energy-efficiency over some existing products.
Since freight transport inherently involves both private and public sector organizations, a committed approach on both parts is necessary to increase energy efficiency. For example, FedEx’s “EarthSmart” Initiative encompasses various sustainability efforts, including adding more sustainable delivery vehicles, optimizing delivery routes in order to minimize driving time, and maximizing cargo space in fuel-efficient planes to reduce the number of planes in the sky. Fuel efficiency has increased from 5.4% in 2006 to 15.1% in 2010.
This folder includes projects that reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of transit vehicles. This may include the use of alternative fuels, as well as improvements in fleet logistics leading to more efficient scheduling and route optimization, and other enhancements.
This folder includes projects that do not fit into any of the other categories.
This folder includes projects that make use of information and communication technologies to improve transit safety, travel reliability, environmental performance, and network operation resilience, or/and to enable informed travel choices, promote social equity, or provide other transportation benefits.
This folder includes projects that make use of information and communication technologies to improve transit safety, travel reliability, environmental performance, and network operation resilience, or/and to enable informed travel choices, promote social equity, or provide other transportation benefits.
This folder includes a wide range of renewable technologies, such as solar, wind, geothermal, etc., that provide off-the-grid power generation from renewable sources. While these technologies typically apply to improvements to transit facilities, this could also include vehicle improvements (e.g. solar panels on roof or rail cars, etc.).
This folder includes projects involving improvements in facilities used for non-motorized transport, leading to higher accessibility and usage of non-motorized modes of transportation. This may include pedestrian sidewalks, bike lanes, and other improvements.
