Freight vehicles contribute a large share of the total carbon dioxide and particulate matter (PM) emissions in cities. Improved planning and operational strategies for intra-city freight movement can reduce additional vehicle-kilometers travelled and emissions. Shakti is supporting the development of planning strategies for Indian cities to manage their freight mobility needs by integrating them with passenger mobility strategies.
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Implementation Roadmap for Sustainable Urban Freight Mobility in Chennai
Sector: Sustainable Transport Undertaken By : IIT Madras Recent Publication: 2020The freight industry has a very complex and disintegrated system with urban freight traffic increasing day by day to meet the growing needs of an increasingly urban population. Urban freight transport is the movement of freight vehicles into, out of and within an urban area. The urban freight system includes manufacturing facilities, seaports,...Read more
Electrification of Urban Freight in India
Sector: Sustainable Transport Undertaken By : The Energy and Resource Institute Recent Publication: 2021Urban freight movement forms a fundamental part of the overall transportation supply chain. Movement of goods originating from or outside the urban periphery which enter into an urban area through commercial road vehicles forms the urban freight network. Such movement is usually catered by both light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and medium and...Read more
Increasing the Rail Share in Freight Transport in India
Sector: Sustainable Transport Undertaken By : The Energy and Resource Institute Recent Publication: 2019Over the last few years, the volume of freight transported in India has increased exponentially due to India's rapidly growing economy. Indian Railways, once the largest freight transport mode in the country, is rapidly losing it share in national freight mobility to road-based transport, which is more energy and emissions intensive. With the rail...Read more
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