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Hamming, Paula (author)Freight transport is a crucial component of our society and economy. However, achieving sustainability in this sector is complex, due to a lack of incentives among stakeholders. The heavy-duty road transport sector is struggling to meet European emission standards. To address this issue, a research study examined the impact of combining Battery...master thesis 2024
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Ghisolfi, Verônica (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author), de Lorena Diniz Chaves, Gisele (author), Mattos Ribeiro, Glaydston (author)Freight transport decarbonization is challenging due to the slow implementation of policies to meet climate goals. This paper analyzes the dynamics of the implementation of freight decarbonization measures. A System Dynamics model was developed and applied to the Brazilian freight system to simulate the use of more sustainable modes and means...journal article 2024
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Breysens, G. (author)This thesis investigates the potential of state-dependent sampling strategies (SDSS) for the control of heavy-haul trains. Event-triggered control (ETC) is a control approach in which data is only sent when some state-dependent condition, the triggering condition, is satisfied. In this way, the number of communications required to stabilise a...master thesis 2023
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Chetouani, Israe (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Vleugel, J (author), van Wee, G.P. (author), van Son, C.B.H. (author), Arends, H.H. (author)In the coming years, cities will have to deal with transportation challenges in terms of accessibility and sustainability. Passenger and freight transport are expected to increase, while the transport sector is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and congestion in cities. Although historically both ecosystems (passenger transport and...conference paper 2023
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Nassar, Raphael Ferrari (author), Ghisolfi, Verônica (author), Annema, J.A. (author), van Binsbergen, A.J. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)The decarbonization of freight transport is currently a big challenge to tackle. One way of decarbonizing the sector is the modal shift towards the least polluting transport modes. This research aims to shed light on modal shift time dynamics in developing economies and considers whether a System Dynamics approach can assist with the policy...journal article 2023
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Cebeci, M.S. (author), Tapia, Rodrigo Javier (author), Nadi Najafabadi, A. (author), de Bok, M.A. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)Crowdsourced shipping or crowdshipping is a promising solution to sustainable parcel delivery, owing to the potential to consolidate freight trips with preexisting passenger trips. Previous literature focuses on these consolidation benefits but does not address the possibility of new activity generation in crowdshipping. In this study, we...journal article 2023
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Alons-Hoen, Kristel (author), Somers, Guy (author), van Duin, Ron (author)Pressure on more sustainable transport and increased congestion provide <br/>opportunities for intermodal transport, but it suffers from unreliable transport times due to a lack of coordination at the operational level. Synchromodal transport can mitigate this effect by taking an integral perspective. It appears that the majority of research to...journal article 2023
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Hatzenbühler, Jonas (author), Jenelius, Erik (author), Gidófalvi, Gyözö (author), Cats, O. (author)This study investigates the potential of modular vehicle concepts and consolidation to increase the efficiency of urban freight and passenger transport. Modularity is achieved by connecting multiple vehicles together to form a platoon. Consolidation is realized by integrating passenger and freight demand in the routing problem. Vehicles are...journal article 2023
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Shahedi, Alireza (author), Gallo, Federico (author), Saeednia, M. (author), Sacco, Nicola (author)This paper addresses the problem of optimizing the transport of goods in the Physical Internet (PI) framework in a multi-modal setting using a multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) approach. The model is specifically designed to meet the requirements related to modular shipments and PI-hubs, and in particular, determines the...journal article 2023
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Nadi Najafabadi, A. (author), Yorke-Smith, N. (author), Snelder, M. (author), van Lint, J.W.C. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)Understanding preferences and behaviours in road freight transport is valuable for planning and analysis. This paper proposes a data-driven vehicle routing and scheduling approach for use as a descriptive tool to study road freight transport activities. The model developed seeks to capture planners’ or drivers’ preferences in order to...journal article 2023
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Yang, Y. (author), Jia, Bin (author), Yan, Xiao Yong (author), Chen, Y. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), de Bok, M.A. (author), Bai, Zhuotong (author), Liu, Erjian (author), Gao, Ziyou (author)Knowledge of the core structure and inherent dynamics of urban freight transport systems is important for the development of policies, aimed at improving the livability and sustainability of cities. The past decade has witnessed a great deal of efforts into analyzing the geographic structure of urban freight transport systems. However, in...journal article 2023
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Fahim, P.B.M. (author), Mientjes, Gerjan (author), Rezaei, J. (author), van Binsbergen, A.J. (author), Montreuil, Benoit (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)The Physical Internet (PI) is a paradigm-changing and technology-driven vision, which is expected to significantly impact the development of the freight transport and logistics (FTL) system of today. However, the development of the FTL system towards the PI creates much uncertainty for its current stakeholders. Ports are one of those...journal article 2023
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Mohammed, R.A. (author), Nadi Najafabadi, A. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), de Bok, M.A. (author)Understanding the logistic determinants of freight trips is an important goal in freight transport modeling. Freight shipments move between nodes in the supply chain for different logistic purposes, including production, storage, transshipment, and consumption. A key problem with data availability is that databases generally do not identify...journal article 2023
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Kortekaas, Joris J.A. (author), Beirigo, Breno A. (author), Schulte, F. (author)A Dynamically Configurable Autonomous Vehicle (DCAV) is a new class of autonomous vehicle concept using a separable design of lower and upper parts—carriers and modules—to allow more flexible operation. A fleet of DCAVs consists of a set of carriers and a set of compatible modules. Different, possibly crowd-sourced, modules can increase the...conference paper 2023
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de Regt, Hannah (author)This report explains the design of an information tool, created to help shippers inform themselves on the emission reducing actions available to reduce road freight transport emissions. Different emission reducing actions for road freight transport are researched and compared based on emission reducing potential and cost. These different...master thesis 2022
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Schot, Rick (author)Heavy-duty trucks (HDTs) are a significant contributor to global anthropogenic carbon emissions. In contrary to passenger cars, HDTs have to cope with decarbonization complications due to range and weight characteristics. Overhead catenary electric road systems (ERS-OC) can aid in decarbonizing this sector. Here, trucks are equipped with a...master thesis 2022
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van der Meulen, E. Suzanne (author), van de Ven, F.H.M. (author), van Oel, Pieter R. (author), Rijnaarts, Huub H.M. (author), Sutton, Nora B. (author)Canals and canalized rivers form a major part of surface water systems in European delta cities and societal ambitions to use these waters increase. This is the first assessment of how suitability of these waters can improve for three important uses: transportation, thermal energy extraction (TEE) and recreation. We assess suitability with...journal article 2022
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Nadi Najafabadi, A. (author), Sharma, Salil (author), van Lint, J.W.C. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Snelder, M. (author)This paper proposes a data-driven transport modeling framework to assess the impact of freight departure time shift policies. We develop and apply the framework around the case of the port of Rotterdam. Container transport demand data and traffic data from the surrounding network are used as inputs. The model is based on a graph convolutional...journal article 2022
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Ghisolfi, Verônica (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Correia, Gonçalo (author), de Lorena Diniz Chaves, Gisele (author), Mattos Ribeiro, Glaydston (author)As part of the global efforts to mitigate climate change, policymakers are designing measures to reduce the carbon emissions of the freight transport system. As global agreements for decarbonisation specify strict time windows, it is important to understand the speed at which the transport system is capable of changing. Our paper proposes a...journal article 2022
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Khakdaman, M. (author), Rezaei, J. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)Contemporary innovations in freight transportation and logistics are instrumental in achieving more integrated, efficient, and sustainable services in the global market. While much attention is going to how contemporary innovations, including technology-enabled and management innovations, change the supply of services, little work is done on...journal article 2022