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Table 1 Descriptive (DIs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) of road freight transport

From: The vehicle approach for freight road transport energy and environmental analysis in Spain

Type1

Indicator name

Units

Measure of

Source2

DIs

Fleet

number

National Index

PRFSS

Operations

number

National Index

PRFSS

Vehicle kilometres

vkm

National Index

PRFSS

Running kilometres

km

National Index

PRFSS

Tonnes

t

National Index

PRFSS

Tonne kilometres

tkm

National Index

PRFSS

Load capacity

t

National Index

PRFSS

Fuel consumption

l

National Index

E3

Tonnes oil equivalent

toe

National Index

E4

Tonnes of CO2 equivalent

tCO2e

National Index

E5

KPIs

Empty running operations

%

Energy Intensity

PRFSS

Empty running kilometres

%

Energy Intensity

PRFSS

Vehicle loading

%

Energy Intensity

PRFSS

Operation factor

km/operation

Energy Intensity

E

Fuel efficiency

l/kmor koe/tkm

Energy Intensity

E

Emission efficiency

gr CO2/tkm

Energy Intensity

E

Vehicle time utilization

%

Production

PRFSS

Transport content

km/t

Production

E6

Transport distance

km

Logistical reach

E7

Transport efficiency

tkm/vkm

Organization

E8

  1. 1DIs: descriptive indicators, KPIs: performance indicators
  2. 2PRFSS: Directly measured by the Permanent Road Freight Sample Survey, E: estimates
  3. 3Estimated from the running kilometres considering an average consumption of 0.25–0.35 l/km; information is based on McKinnon [26], Leonardi [29] and Mataix [30]
  4. 4Estimated from fuel consumption using the equivalences of 41.87 petajoules (1015 joules) per mtoe (106 toe) and 38.66 megajoules (106 joules) per litre of diesel
  5. 5Estimated from toe using the equivalence of 0.345 mtoe per mtCO2e (106 tCO2e), IEA [31]
  6. 6Estimated using Eq. 3
  7. 7Estimated using Eq. 4
  8. 8Estimated using Eq. 5