Building a legal corridor for transport exchanges

Currently, road transport is the largest source of CO2 emissions, accounting for about 80% of the total emissions in the industry. Therefore, finding solutions to optimize operations to both reduce costs and reduce environmental impact is an urgent issue.

Passenger transport activities at the southern bus station of Hanoi . (Photo: TUE NGHI)

One of the prominent solutions emphasized by scientists is the transport exchange.

Recently, GXE Joint Stock Company launched the GXE.VN application to connect smart transportation; this application helps connect passenger needs with idle vehicles on the road, saving time and costs for both drivers and passengers; at the same time, reducing emissions by limiting empty vehicles on the road. A representative of this company said that currently, drivers search for customers through Zalo and Facebook, but the GXE.VN application is a platform that effectively connects passengers with private vehicles, turning idle resources into value through technology.

Mr. Phan Thanh Uy, Permanent Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Automobile Transport Association, said that traffic jams and congestion have become common in big cities and management agencies are trying to find ways to solve this bottleneck, but there are many changes. In that context, it is necessary to develop technologies applied in the transport industry.

Traffic jams and congestion have become common in big cities and the management agencies are trying to find ways to solve this bottleneck but there are many changes. In that context, it is necessary to develop technologies applied in the transportation industry.

Mr. Phan Thanh Uy, Permanent Vice President and General Secretary of Vietnam Automobile Transportation Association

Mr. Phan Thanh Uy said that it is necessary to restore the transport exchange built by the road management agency (formerly the Vietnam Road Administration, now the Vietnam Road Administration) but operating ineffectively, in order to serve the transportation needs of the whole country. In reality, road trucks dominate in freight transport, but often operate inefficiently due to many empty trips, underloaded or traveling on suboptimal routes, which wastes fuel, increases logistics costs, and contributes significantly to CO2 emissions. Although many operational optimization solutions have been studied, the level of application in practice is still limited. In particular, the transport exchange is considered a solution with great potential but there is no legal framework for implementation.

Within the framework of the NDC-TIA Project (Germany) providing technical support to the Ministry of Transport with the participation of leading experts in the transport sector, a recent study on technologies and solutions to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in transport has provided specific assessments of the transport exchange.

Accordingly, the emission reduction potential is quite good, meaning that this tool can contribute significantly to reducing emissions by reducing the number of empty trips and improving load factors. Investment costs are at an average level, mainly for digital infrastructure, big data systems and connectivity platforms. In the world, this technology is at a high level of readiness, successfully applied by many countries.

According to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen The Luong (Hanoi University of Science and Technology), an expert implementing the NDC-TIA Project, if solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as using biofuels, switching to electric vehicles, etc. still have "bottlenecks", then optimizing transportation through digitalization and coordination is a very feasible solution that can be implemented immediately.

On the technology platform, businesses list trips, running times and available loads; data is connected to combine goods, passengers and choose reasonable routes. Management agencies can require businesses to reach a minimum load threshold before departure, and force companies to cooperate and transfer loads to each other instead of "running alone". The platform is not only for roads but must connect railways, waterways and even aviation, to reasonably consolidate loads. Another important point is to encourage business participation through preferential tax policies and loan support.

According to scientists' calculations, optimizing transportation through transportation exchanges can help reduce about 20-30% of CO2 in long-distance transportation; for seaports and large ships alone, the reduction can reach 30-40% thanks to reasonable loading and unloading coordination and operating schedules.

According to scientists' calculations, optimizing transportation through transportation exchanges can help reduce about 20-30% of CO2 in long-distance transportation; for seaports and large ships alone, the reduction can reach 30-40% thanks to reasonable loading and unloading coordination and operating schedules.

International experience shows the clear effectiveness of this solution. In Europe, platforms such as TIMOCOM or Transporeon have connected hundreds of thousands of transport businesses, significantly reducing the number of empty trips and cutting CO2 emissions. In the UK, a national digital logistics system has been developed to integrate transport data, supporting both small and medium-sized enterprises. South Korea and Japan are moving towards strong application of the Internet of Things in vehicle monitoring, while linking the exchange with port and warehouse management to optimize the entire logistics chain. What these countries have in common is that the transport exchange is considered part of the national infrastructure, has strong government support, operates based on market mechanisms and business participation.

According to experts, for Vietnam, the digital infrastructure is being promoted and the commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 is a favorable condition for building and operating a transport exchange at the national level. Therefore, it is necessary to soon have a legal corridor for the transport exchange model to be tested and evaluated for dual benefits, both optimizing operations and reducing emissions.

HA LINH

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