Enhancing the efficiency of transports through regional co-operation; Energy audits of transports
| Strengths, factors in favour | Weaknesses, uncertainties | Costs, economic impacts |
| A municipal logistics centre may facilitate combining of goods transport and planning of deliveries so as to reduce vehicle-kilometerage. | As major changes may cause surprising problems, the functionality of new driving and transport routes must be tested in advance to facilitate anticipation of problems. | + Less mileage and transport kilometres reduces fuel costs. |
| Regional logistics pools may help in combining the procurements of small municipalities into larger deliveries. | The implementation of transports must also be monitored in order to facilitate quick fixing of any drawbacks. | +/- Planning and optimisation of transports increases work costs but enhancing efficiency of transports and deliveries reduce them. |
| Optimisation of the routes of passenger transport services commissioned by municipalities may reduce the number of kilometres driven. | Efficiency must be enhanced continuously. |
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| Information on energy consumption of various stages of different transport chains helps the correct targeting of measures to enhance efficiency. |
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| Lower energy consumption of transport and less emissions. |
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