Green house gas emissions of freight transport : How could France reach its commitments for 2012?

In 2007, the French government organized a big event related to sustainable development issues, called Grenelle de l’environnement. All the working sessions were held as think-tanks. In this regard, companies, environmental associations, professional federations and various ministry departments participated to the distinct sessions. The aim consisted in defining objectives for the whole range of the [...]

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Transport Expertise Association is born!

Madam, Sir, Dear Visitors, On behalf of all Transport Expertise Board members, I am pleased to announce that we created Transport Expertise Association (Non-Profit Organization under French regulation). As defined in the articles of association adopted during the General Assembly on Dec. 19, 2008, the Association will study and promote at the international level, best [...]

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Five Questions To: Ignacio Barron de Angoiti (2/2)

Transport Expertise hereby starts a series of specialists interviews with Mr. Ignacio Barron de Angoiti, High Speed Director, International Union of Railways (UIC) discussing the issue of “HSR in Northern America… where and when?” Q3: Transport-Expertise.org We presently living in a period of world financial crisis, and California State has a very high debt level. However, voters will [...]

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Five Questions To: Ignacio Barron de Angoiti (1/2)

Transport Expertise hereby starts a series of specialists interviews with Mr. Ignacio Barron de Angoiti, High Speed Director, International Union of Railways (UIC) discussing the issue of “HSR in Northern America… where and when?” Q1: Transport-Expertise.org Rail in Northern America (United States and Canada) is still far from high-speed… Could we expect to see a high-speed rail [...]

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Follow-up: "Autoroutes maritimes", aka marine highways

Mr. C. Kenneth Orski sent Transport Expertise some more details about the Marine Highways Program, that we mentionned in our French article “Des autoroutes maritimes pour décongestionner les routes américaines” (Marine Highways to unclog American’s roads). Please find below an excerpt from Vol. 19, No. 19 of Innovation NewsBriefs : Ports Infrastructure: Competing with Highways [...]

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European Rail Forum: Freight Without Frontiers

Transport Expertise will attend the “European Rail Forum: Freight Without Frontiers” organised by Réseau ferré de France (RFF, French railway infrastructure owner and manager) and the Ministry for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning (Ministère de l’écologie, de l’énergie, du développement durable et de l’aménagement du territoire, MEEDDAT). This rail event of [...]

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DHL Amsterdam, combined transport: boat & bike

Around 25 percent of the city of Amsterdam consists of navigable waterways (65 miles of canals) thus making it the most watery city in the world. DHL took advantage of this opportunity… and developed its “Floating Distribution Centre.” A DHL Truck on a canal bridge, Amsterdam, NL What’s that boat? Amsterdam’s first floating distribution centre [...]

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French parliament adopted the "eco-tax" law

Loi Grenelle I (Grenelle I law) adopted, measures follow… Following up with the Environment Roundtable (Grenelle de l’Environnement), the French Parliament approved on Oct. 16, 2008, the eco-tax law for trucks. The tax will be applied to all trucks over 3.5 tons on French roads, starting at best in 2011. The tax will embraces all [...]

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In brief: TruckMaster Fuel Finder, cheaper gas on your route!

Find the cheapest diesel on your route! In a period of financial crisis, when gas prices go mostly up (even when the barrel goes up and down), TruckMaster Logistics Systems, Inc. launched its free “Fuel Finder“. Users may enter any two cities in the United States, and have returned to them fuel stops on the [...]

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In brief: SNCF to test 350+ kph high-speed trains

Today, French high-speed trains ride at a maximum speed of 320 kph… roughly 200 mph. Thinking it could be improved, SNCF, the French national railway company, is now testing its trainsets at speed up to 360 kph! By 2015, SNCF expects that several parts of the French network could have TGV trains running at 360 [...]

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