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Category Archives: Transportation & Supply Chain
Introduction to Sustainable Supply Chains
A good introduction to sustainable supply chains is available from 2degrees. The PDF document is called “Supply Chain Management.” It is part of 2degrees Sustainability Essentials Series.
Ten Sources of Green Supply Chain Information
Here is a summary of some good information on sustainable supply chains. These links include everything from the basics to more sophisticated research on green sourcing, best practices and metrics. Most of the links provided below are free of charge and contain a wealth of searchable information.
Tagged Handbook, management, supply chain
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I Don’t Understand Parking Lots
In an op-ed a few months back I alluded to the coming diatribe against parking lots. As a form of land use, parking lots make no sense to me. Conversely, most parking garages are eye-sores. I understand that underground parking is expensive and laborious to construct.
The Angry Pedestrian: An Introduction
Let me say first off that I own a car. I drive. I don’t drive a ton, I don’t drive everyday, I don’t drive to my job, but I understand the role of the car in today’s society (in America at least). I can’t walk everywhere and I cover four miles in an hour, not nearly as fast as motorized transit (or a bike for that matter).
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What Will It Take to Make Mass Transit the Norm?
Will people start consistently riding mass transit when gas prices stay above $5 per gallon? $10? What about when we are paying the true cost of driving (i.e. emissions, disposal)? What if we had to swipe a credit or debit card every time you drive? How about charging for access to roads, like the congestion charge London has undertaken?
Car Culture
Buying a car in North America exposes the potential customer to a number of issues we regularly discuss here from a more scholarly perspective. Let me throw in a couple of observations. To begin with, it is rather striking to see how fuel inefficient cars by and large still are over here.
Metro System in Medellín, Colombia, Improves Access for the City’s Poorest
The public transportation system in Medellín, Colombia, has proven to be one of the most successful transit systems in the world. It not only reduces the city’s energy consumption and carbon footprint, making the city more environmentally sustainable, but also drives positive social and economic change for Medellín as a whole.
Video: Reverse Logistics – A Case Study
This video reviews how reverse logistics can produce results. A happy client (Philips New Zealand) describes how ERL has acted as a “Silver Bullet” for their reverse supply chain issues.
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