In order to achieve desired ends in terms of the aims of the Green Logistics project, a range of policy changes will have to be made by governmental bodies and others. Although the direction of desired change may be clear, the magnitude of the change required to achieve the desired effect will not be obvious. Furthermore, in combination some policies may cancel out others or, instead they may magnify the effect of other policies. That is to say that they may be competitors or complementary. Often, the best way to handle the consideration of such cases is by econometric modelling. Current econometric freight modelling capabilities are inadequate for this purpose.
In order to achieve desired ends in terms of the aims of the Green Logistics project, a range of policy changes will have to be made by governmental bodies and others. Although the direction of desired change may be clear, the magnitude of the change required to achieve the desired effect will not be obvious. Furthermore, in combination some policies may cancel out others or, instead they may magnify the effect of other policies. That is to say that they may be competitors or complementary. Often, the best way to handle the consideration of such cases is by econometric modelling. Current econometric freight modelling capabilities are inadequate for this purpose.