In Scandinavia, vehicles equipped with a GPS-based tracking system and on-board monitoring systems were able to reduce wasted mileage and emissions in southern and central Sweden, and increase freight movement by 15 percent.
Date Posted
09/21/2000
Sweden
Sweden
Identifier
2000-B00072
Tracking Trucks
Summary Information
Bilspedition Transport & Logistics (BTL) of Scandinavia is using GPS-based tracking of vehicles in combination with remotely-accessed on-board computers to raise the productivity of its fleet operations in southern and central Sweden. Since the system has been in place (1994-1997) it has cut wasted mileage and emissions, and brought a 15 percent increase in freight carried.
Tracking Trucks
Tracking Trucks
Source Publication Date
05/02/1997
Publisher
ITS: Intelligent Transport Systems
Taxonomy (ARC-IT)
Commercial Vehicle Operations »
Freight Administration (CVO02)
Goal Areas
