Exploring the Sustainable Effects of Urban-Port Road System Reconstruction

Energies

Christian Lis¹  Dariusz Bernacki² 

[1] Institute of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Szczecin, 70-453 Szczecin, Poland;Institute of Transport Management, Faculty of Transport Engineering and Economics, Maritime University of Szczecin, 70-500 Szczecin, Poland;

关键词: investment;    impact;    sustainability;    energy savings;    urban-port road system;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en14206512

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of the research is to identify and quantify the direct sustainable effects resulting from the improved road infrastructure in the local urban-port transport system. This case study considers the city port of Szczecin (Poland). The effects are identified for the local road transport system by comparing freight road transport performance in two options: with the investment and without the investment. The sustainable effects are quantified in terms of money and physical units. Sustainable economic, social, and environmental effects concern generalized freight road transport cost, i.e., truck operating costs and costs of truck drivers’ working time, as well as freight transit time, energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and environmental savings. To capture effects, the forecast of truck traffic demand, as well as unit vehicle operating costs, values of time, and air pollution and climate change, values are elaborated and revealed in freight road transport. The investigations show that the primary effect of investment is the reduced traffic congestion, which enhance the velocity of trucks in the transport system. The increased trucks′ speed affect freight road traffic performance, time of delivery, and environmental externalities.

【 授权许可】

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