Transport carbon saving demands radical rethink

摘要

Out-of-town consolidation centres, extended HGV operating periods and larger, heavier trucks are required to meet the UK's greenhouse gas reduction (GHG) target for 2050. That is among key findings from the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight (CfSRF), a consortium of Cambridge and Heriot-Watt Universities with organisations across freight and logistics as well as vehicle engineering. Overlapping views have been expressed in the RAE's (Royal Academy of Engineering) first 'challenge' paper, published last month, reviewing technology and policies to cut traffic congestion. The latter, authored by expert RAE fellows, considered more than 20 measures but concluded that road pricing, technology-driven operator collaboration and rescheduling deliveries to off-peak would be most effective.