Author: AIVP
Source: Le Moniteur Expert ; City Cargo
Original title: Ámsterdam expérimente le tram de fret
On sale date: Wednesday, 04 April 2007
Type of document: News
Topic: 3.03 - local strategy of port development, 3.08 - multimodal transport, 7.05 - environmental management
Original language: French, Deutch
Location: Europe : Netherlands : Amsterdam
Language: English, French, Spanish

From 7 to 31 March 2007, City Cargo Amsterdam has been undertaking a pilot operation aiming at reducing congestion on the main roads leading to the city by transporting containers on the tramways. According to the company, this mode of transport could reduce air pollution by 15 to 20%. If the operation proves conclusive, about fifty trams could be in circulation by 2008 to connect with the distribution platforms in the suburbs, relayed by electric vehicles (E-cars) charged with taking the goods to their final destination in mini-containers.

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Amsterdam expérimente le tram de fret – Le Moniteur Expert, vendredi 16 mars 2007 - [http://www.lemoniteur-expert.com]