{"title":"Comparative Study of Two Organisations Implementing Information and Communication Technology: Effects on the Health of Goods Transport Operators","authors":"L. Wioland, V. Govaere","doi":"10.12720/JTLE.2.1.66-70","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12720/JTLE.2.1.66-70","url":null,"abstract":"The Road Transport and Logistics sector is subjected to strong competitive pressures within continuous changing socio-economic and regulatory contexts. These constraints have led companies in this sector to resort extensively to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT); these tools have both positive and negative effects on work conditions. Our hypothesis is that these effects depend on user ICT implementation, which is broadly determined by corporate organisation and management instructions. The aim of this study is to test this hypothesis in two companies organised differently (lean-type vs learning type) with an ICT since the last ten years, within an employee health and safety prevention scope. The main results reveal various effects related to using ICT. Weakening of inter-personnel relationships and a redistribution of interactions between operators were observed at company organised according to “lean-type organisation”, while high pace of work and activity segmentation were noted in both organisations. Nevertheless, these preliminary results need to be confirmed with further studies involving others type of","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134061863","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low Emission Zone: Lisbon's Experience","authors":"F. N. Silva, Renata A. Lajas Custódio, H. Martins","doi":"10.12720/JTLE.2.2.133-139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12720/JTLE.2.2.133-139","url":null,"abstract":" Abstract—The problem of air quality in urban areas is an issue that has earned increasing attention of European Union and the Portuguese State throughout the last twenty years, culminating in the approval in 1996 of the European Air Quality Directive and its enforcement obligation in each European Country. The national Portuguese public body responsible for air quality management and monitoring elaborated Air Quality Plans and Programs and the respective execution programs for territories that don’t comply with the defined air quality legal limits, which is the case of Lisbon Metropolitan Area. Only with the","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121827058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling Crash Frequency of Heavy Vehicles in Rural Freeways","authors":"Reza Imaninasab, E. Sekhavati, M. Hajihoseinloo","doi":"10.18178/JTLE.4.2.98-102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/JTLE.4.2.98-102","url":null,"abstract":"In the recent years, Prediction models of crash frequency have been employed to estimate accident rate and have been remarkably taken into account for safety improvement plan. Heavy vehicles are one of the main causes of accidents worldwide as there is one out of 9 accidents that they were involved. In this research, a prediction model was developed using heavy vehicles accident data collected from Karaj-Qazvin freeway. In the model, important factors of occurrence of accidents including climatic condition, road surface condition, natural light condition, average vehicle speed, average daily traffic and 5 dangerous violations commitment were considered. Poison regression and negative binomial regression models were employed for modeling purposes. After evaluation of both models, factors including natural light condition, heavy vehicles daily volume, speed limit violation and vehicle defects, especially in lighting system during darkness, were found to be the most effective factors on heavy vehicles accident. ","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"119 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125922856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards a Sustainable Urban Freight Transport and Urban Distribution","authors":"Eftihia G. Nathanail, K. Papoutsis","doi":"10.12720/JTLE.1.1.58-63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12720/JTLE.1.1.58-63","url":null,"abstract":" Abstract—The objectives of this paper are to: a) develop a comprehensive sustainability impact assessment framework, aiming to improve the use of urban freight transportation in terms of modes, b) support showcasing of urban distribution fleet from a logistics provider and c) apply the proposed sustainability impact assessment framework for the production of outcomes regarding the sustainability performance of urban freight transportation modes. Tools are used such as Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) for the evaluation of transportation modes, stemming from European Commission transport policy objectives, as well as efficiency and productivity targets, environmental indicators including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, etc. In the field of practical showcasing, there will be a case study that will represent its technologies relative to urban distribution fleet. The demonstrator is a Logistics Provider whose main activity is to distribute retail items to an urban area and its interurban agglomeration. The vehicles include two popular light-duty vehicles. As presented below, the score of diesel powered vehicle attains higher sustainability score than the LNG (liquefied natural gas) vehicle thanks to the special characteristics of this type of transportation mode.","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124169901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An RFID/WSN-based Monitoring System of Smart Logistics on E-Commerce","authors":"Y. Guo, Junxiang Li","doi":"10.18178/JTLE.4.2.173-177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/JTLE.4.2.173-177","url":null,"abstract":"Using the method of questionnaire, the requirements of e-commerce logistics information system are proposed in a list which states all the functional and nonfunctional requirements. In order to fulfill these requirements, an RFID/WSN-based monitoring system (RWMS) is established. The whole process of this monitoring system is described. After RWMS is applied, all the nonfunctional requirements are turned into functional.","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122999091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Methodology for Location of Logistics Platforms Using Geographic Information Systems","authors":"Beatriz B. Costa, C. D. Nassi, G. Ribeiro","doi":"10.12720/JTLE.1.2.104-110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12720/JTLE.1.2.104-110","url":null,"abstract":"Currently the supply chain management is important to the companies, mainly due to technology advances which have allowed decentralizing several logistics operations. So, we have seen a growing of the third-party logistics providers in the supply chains to perform several operations. These new partners help to reduce the lead time involving the operations and distribution of goods, and keep a good level of service for the customers. Thus, transportation and logistics operations have become important activities to reach the companies' goals. In this context, the logistics platforms arise to give quick answers, however they must be located in strategic points to reduce costs but taking into account tangible and intangibles factors. Then, this paper presents a methodology for locating logistics platforms using geographic information systems. This methodology was applied to locate Brazilian logistics integration centers devoted to solid bulk (soybeans and corn), considering a road-rail integration. ","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124245070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sociological study of the influence of citizen's traffic ethics on driving violations case study Tehran","authors":"Zohreh Avaz, M. Habibian, S. Moridpour","doi":"10.12720/JTLE.2.1.71-75","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12720/JTLE.2.1.71-75","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the influence of traffic ethics on driving violations is investigated and modeled from sociological perspective. The driving violation of male and female drivers is separately analyzed in this research. The models are developed based on the survey results of 215 drivers who received driving tickets in Tehran. In this paper, the traffic ethics is considered as a criterion of drivers' obligation to obey traffic rules. To evaluate the drivers' obligation, some social and cultural variables are applied. The social variables which are used in this research include: social anomies, social obligations and social capital and the cultural variables are: influence of media, social-cultural status of people and cultural patterns. The results show that the variables investigated in this paper, as representatives of the human related factors, are able to predict 39% and 60% of driving violation in male and female drivers, respectively. According to the results, the social-cultural status has an important influence on citizen's traffic ethnics of male and female drivers. However, considerable difference is observed between the influencing factors on the driving violation of these two categories. For female drivers, the driving violation mainly depends on level of education and media. Meanwhile the influencing variables in male drivers driving violation include: personal obligations, personal confidence, social confidence and belief in inefficiency of traffic rules.","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113965977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal Placement of EV Charging Station Considering the Road Traffic Volume and EV Running Distance","authors":"S. Saelee, T. Horanont","doi":"10.18178/JTLE.4.1.19-23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/JTLE.4.1.19-23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114583884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Mitsakis, Maria Chatziathanasiou, Y. Tyrinopoulos, Panagiotis Iordanopoulo
{"title":"Current Status of ITS Deployment in Greece","authors":"E. Mitsakis, Maria Chatziathanasiou, Y. Tyrinopoulos, Panagiotis Iordanopoulo","doi":"10.12720/JTLE.1.2.169-173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12720/JTLE.1.2.169-173","url":null,"abstract":"ITS is a powerful vehicle for gaining not only traffic and transport benefits, as for example less congestion and lower travel times, but also economic growth. Greece currently faces a strong financial crisis, and ITS can play a decisive role in adopting advanced technologies that can provide the anticipated transport gains with a more rational use of funding opportunities. This paper provides an overview of the ITS implementation and deployment in Greece, demonstrating its strengths and weaknesses, but","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123243988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation Environmental and Social Impacts of Pedestrianization in Urban Historical Areas: Istanbul Historical Peninsula Case Study","authors":"H. H. Demir, Isa Cakiroglu, U. Alyuz, G. Demir","doi":"10.18178/jtle.4.1.83-87","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18178/jtle.4.1.83-87","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the evaluation of the pedestrianization is analyzed in the aspects of social and environmental issues. By researching the progress of pedestrianization in Historical Peninsula of Istanbul from past to present, the pedestrianization has been explained with the basic terms and best practices about from all over world and Turkey. The pedestrianization was evaluated from two contexts which are social and environmental. From social context, access to the pedestrianized area, structural deficiencies in the area and pleasure of the citizens and tradesmen about pedestrianization had been used as the main criteria in the evaluation of process by making surveys to both visitors and tradesman. From environmental context, air quality, noise disturbance issues were considered in terms of emission reduction that is proportional to traffic reduction in the area by using indicators and the potential of the area to be a Zero/Low Emission Zone.","PeriodicalId":372752,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128610711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}