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The lorry and its footprint
Oct 19, 2004 | REMIGIUS NIDERÖST
The EU wants to shift the growing level of transported goods from the roads onto the railways. The Eureka Logchain Footprint project aims to deliver the scientific basis for a heavy goods vehicle surcharge similar to that already in force in Switzerland. A measurement station will be set up, under the leadership of the Empa, to measure the environmental footprint of lorries and coaches.
The measurement station on the A1 near Lenzburg