Transportation and Logistics
This field deals with all spatial and time-related activities involved in bridging the gap between goods and people, including their restructuring. This begins with the supplier and follows each stage of the operational value chain to product delivery and concludes with product disposal and recycling.
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LOGWERT adds to Heilbronn's status as a research hub
On March 1, 2015, the LOGWERT competence center in Heilbronn will be ready to start its work. The center brings together Fraunhofer IAO’s expertise in mobility…
Bicyclists Willing to Ride Up to 3 Miles to Catch Bus, Train
Methods to do so could include installing bicycle lanes separated from vehicular traffic, adding off-street multipurpose paths for pedestrians and bicyclists…
Siemens automates line section for high-speed trains in Spain
Siemens is in a consortium with the French technology business Thales that is to modernize the control, signaling and safety equipment on the roughly…
Worldwide ship traffic up 300 percent since 1992
Maritime traffic on the world’s oceans has increased four-fold over the past 20 years, likely causing more water, air and noise pollution on the open seas,…
Notre Dame network physicists create model to predict traffic patterns
“Transportation networks and in particular the highway transportation network are like the body's circulatory system for the nation,” says Zoltán Toroczkai,…
University of Stuttgart investigates electrically operated citizens’ buses
Scientists from the Institute of Business Administration and the Institute of Railway and Transportation Engineering at the University of Stuttgart are jointly…