Reducing the environmental impact of road and rail vehicles

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-32

  Mayer, R M ^a   Poulikakos, L D ^b   Lees, A R ^c   Heutschi, K ^b   Kalivoda, M T ^d   Soltic, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Statistics Roads Division   (United Kingdom)

^d PsiA Consult GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Gaseous emissions; Noise; Rail vehicles; Road vehicles; Weigh in motion

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DYNAMIC IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES; INTERMODAL TRANSPORT; MEASURE IN SITU; NOISE; NUMBER OF VEHICLES; POLICY OPTIONS; RAIL VEHICLES; REGULATORY LIMIT; ROAD VEHICLES;

RAIL MOTOR CARS; RAILINGS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFRASTRUCTURE; NOISE; POLICY MAKING; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD;

EUROPE;

EID: 80054930100     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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