It is estimated that more than one billion people worldwide have some form of disability, and that number is expected to rise as the population ages. A lack of accessible transport can represent a challenge to commuting citizens and it can also inhibit tourists with reduced mobility. Online information about accessibility is the first point of contact that tourists have with their destination and it should therefore be considered an attribute of accessibility. In that context, this paper aims to: (a) propose a method for classifying the information about accessibility provided by the official websites of public transport systems; and (b) present and discuss the results of the application of the method to the official websites of 212 urban rail systems around the world. The results suggest that, despite it being the first indication of destination accessibility, many cities do not provide or provide unclear or insufficient information for tourists with reduced mobility on their official websites. Moreover, few official websites provide information on accessibility around stations or in the case of transfers. This novel method proved to be suitable for classifying the websites, as well as identifying aspects of the information provision that can be improved.

Um polo gerador de viagem de carga (PGV Carga) possui um vasto potencial de impactos ambientais causados, inclusive, pelas operações de transporte. Assim, faz-se necessária um método de avaliação de desempenho capaz de considerar maneiras de se identificar e avaliar os impactos ambientais com intuito de monitorar o desempenho ao longo do tempo e promover ações de melhorias. Para tanto, o objetivo deste trabalho é propor um método de avaliação do desempenho ambiental dos PGVs de carga. Foram realizadas pesquisas bibliográficas e documentais e chegou-se a um método estruturado, composto por 8 etapas.

Tourism is acknowledged as one of the world’s most important economic sectors, responsible for a significant share of global GDP. Transport is a key element for this industry, as one of the factors that affects the attractiveness of a tourist destination. Worldwide, it is estimated that more than 130 million people have some sort of disability that requires the use of a wheelchair and that number will tend to increase, due to the rapidly aging population. The provision of wheelchair-friendly transportation, particularly in the public sphere, is essential to ensuring access to tourist attractions. In that context, in this paper we aim to assess how the absence of fully accessible public transportation affects the tourism of wheelchair users. To perform this study, the city of Bangkok was chosen, which ranked as number one in the list of most visited destinations in 2018. As the literature shows that tourists usually prefer to use railways rather than buses when they are traveling to unfamiliar places, this study considered only the urban rail systems in the analysis. In order to evaluate the influence that the provision of wheelchair-friendly transportation has on the access to tourism, the most visited tourist attractions, as well as their locations within the city’s municipal area, were identified and sorted. Data on the number of lines and stations, accessibility status of each station, and its distance from the tourist destination were also collected. The geographic information system tool was then used to analyze the station coverage. The results showed that the lack of accessibility in some stations or their distance from the destinations can create inequality of access. Moreover, insufficient provision of accessibility is a critical issue that can inhibit the tourism of people in wheelchairs, which in turn can lead to a potential economic loss for the sector.

Post-sale reverse logistics has grown in importance in the supply chain. As a contribution to scientific innovation, we present a structured procedure for reverse supply chain management of goods after sale. In addition, a comparison is made between the structures of direct supply chains by checking the similarity in terms of transport operations, inventory management and information management, which allows its application in the case study. This paper aims to suggest a procedure to structure the reverse logistics chain which is based on Process Management and consider three basic levels: Product Entry Management, Resource Management and Performance Management in the Reverse Logistics Chain. A bibliographical and documentary review was conducted in addition to a field research with a group of three department stores. The data collected from the companies using questionnaires and interview shows that the application of the procedure suggests that a better structuring of management in post-sales reverse logistics in the retail market can improve financial results in companies by contributing to reduce product returns and consequently its costs, improve efficiency in inventory and storage management, improve assets usage, increase revenue and promote social benefits such as donation of the products which was used and had been returned for charity.

Este artigo objetiva identificar como medidas que promovem a sustentabilidade no transporte de carga podem afetar o desempenho ambiental de um PGV Carga. Para tanto o método proposto por Guimarães e Leal Jr (2013) foi aplicado na avaliação do Terminal Sepetiba Tecon, que faz parte do Porto de Itaguaí. Aspectos econômicos e ambientais foram avaliados considerandose alguns atributos, a citar, valor de serviço que se refere ao serviço produzido e influência ambiental que se refere ao consumo de energia, emissão de gases de efeito estufa, poluição atmosférica, poluição da água e do solo, consumo de água e consumo de material. Foram considerados veículos rodoviários e equipamentos de movimentação de carga para estimar a emissão de Gases de Efeito Estufa (GEE) e poluentes atmosféricos ligados à atividade portuária. Foi realizada ainda uma análise de sensibilidade. Está análise teve como intuito avaliar as variações que podem ocorrer em função da diferença nos pesos atribuídos a cada indicador utilizado na análise e verificar como esta variação altera o resultado final