freight

Dr. H. Christopher Frey, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, describes thegreenhouse gas emissions created by freight transport, including trucking and shipping. This seminar is part of a series from theCalifornia Environmental Protection Agency (CA EPA) Air Resources Board.

Robert deHaan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation, outlines the growing problem of congestion on U.S. highways, and in air travel and maritime shipping and its increasing drag on the economy.

The Volvo Group announces plans to produce seven demonstration trucks that use varying forms of alternative fuels. Volvo officials say they created the vehicles to help curb European statistics that indicate cargo transportation contributes an estimated 4 to 5 percent of all global carbon-dioxide emissions. The seven Volvo FM trucks, which were unveiled in Stockholm on Aug. 29, are equipped with 9-liter diesel engines.