Transport and Sustainability: With Special Emphasis on Grocery Distribution

Ph.D. thesis containing two principal parts: one investigating the background for the growth of mobility, especially the motor vehicle based mobility, in Denmark during the post war, and one analysing the scope for technical improvements of motor vehicles. The former is based on a case study of the distribution of food and other groceries in Denmark, covering both the distribution to the shops and the shopping transport. The outputs of the technical improvementanalysis are partly estimates of improvement potentials in different technical scenarios and partly studies of the penetration of these improvements in the vehicle stock.