Estimation of CO2 Emissions for Low Carbon Urban Freight Transport in Khon Kaen, Thailand

The growth of manufacturing industry and freight transport demand is expected to raise energy consumption and CO2 emissions due to the increase of truck use as a trip end mode of interregional freight transport in hub cities of highways or the economic corridors. This study aims 1) to investigate th...

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Published inJournal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies Vol. 11; pp. 799 - 818
Main Authors NAKAMICHI, Kumiko, HANAOKA, Shinya, MOGI, Shinsuke, SATIENNAM, Thaned
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies 2015
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CO2 Emission Reduction
OD Survey
Truck
Urban Freight Transport
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Summary:The growth of manufacturing industry and freight transport demand is expected to raise energy consumption and CO2 emissions due to the increase of truck use as a trip end mode of interregional freight transport in hub cities of highways or the economic corridors. This study aims 1) to investigate the distribution of urban freight transport by interview survey and estimate CO2 emissions in Khon Kaen and 2) to find the better solution to reduce CO2 emissions considering land use, traffic control and dissemination of energy technology. Since Khon Kaen is located on the crossing point of East West Corridor and Central Corridor in Greater Mekong Subregion, it is expected to increase urban freight transport demand as the hub city. The results showed that TOD including aggregation of offices and plants around BRT stations and the dissemination of Electric Vehicle as freight use could reduce vehicle kilometers travelled and CO2 emissions.
ISSN:1881-1124
DOI:10.11175/easts.11.799