Environmental footprint of road freight: Case studies from Switzerland

Transport Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 342-348

  Poulikakos, L D ^a   Heutschi, K ^a   Arraigada, M ^a   Anderegg, P ^a   Soltic, P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Environmental footprint; Heavy vehicles; Noise; Pollutant emissions; Vibration; Weigh in motion

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; NOISE POLLUTION; PARAMETERIZATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; VIBRATION;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77952582824     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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