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What determines demand for freight transport? [PDF]
Decisions about investments in the long-lived assets of transport infrastructure require some assumptions about prospective long-term demand from services using that infrastructure.
Bennathan, Esra +2 more
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Large-scale rail freight flow assignment with the tree-shaped path [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 The rail freight flow assignment (RFFA) is a key point of network design and operations management. Unlike a road network, the freight flow assignment pattern in a rail system has unique characteristics, and the most significant one is the tree-shaped path. More specifically, when two or more shipments arrive at a rail yard, those intended for the same
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Design of Decision Support System for Road Freight Transportation Routing Using Multilayer Zero One Goal Programming [PDF]
, 2018 The objective of this study was to develop a decision support system (DSS) to select the optimal road freight transportation route. This DSS is a proactive road freight transportation routing system which employs the standard criteria from the road ...
Koohathongsumrit, Nitidetch +1 more
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Sustainable freight transport in South Africa:Domestic intermodal solutions
Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2011 Due to the rapid deregulation of freight transport in South Africa two decades ago, and low historical investment in rail (with resultant poor service delivery), an integrated alternative to road and rail competition was never developed.
Jan H. Havenga +3 more
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Do more trucks lead to more motor vehicle fatalities in European roads? Evaluating the impact of specific safety strategies. [PDF]
, 2015 Truck operations have recently become an important focus of academic research not only because road freight transport is a key part of logistics, but because trucks are usually associated with negative externalities including pollution, congestion and ...
Castillo Manzano, José I. +2 more
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Design and Evaluation of Routing Artifacts as a Part of the Physical Internet Framework [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Global freight demand will triple between 2015 and 2050, based on the current demand pathway, as predicted in the Transport Outlook 2019. Hence, a revolutionary change in transport efficiency is urgently needed. One approach to tackle this change is to transfer the successful model of the Digital Internet for data exchange to the physical transport of ...
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Pengaruh Muatan Lebih Beban Gandar Kendaraan Berat Angkutan Barang Terhadap Peningkatan Oksida Karbon [PDF]
, 2013 At present, the influence of overloaded freight vehicles only associated with damage to the road structure and road congestion or services. Overloading is not considering the effect of the increase of carbon oxides.
Mulyono, A. T. (Agus) +2 more
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Modal shift for New Zealand shippers for various policy scenarios [PDF]
, 2017 Increasing transport problems caused by high dependency on road transport, has brought us to investigate various policy scenarios to promote a greater use of rail and coastal transport for freight transport in New Zealand.
Kim, Hyun-Chan +2 more
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A Methodology for the Assessment of Rail-road Freight Transport Policies
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2013 AbstractThis paper presents a methodology to evaluate rail-road freight policies such as new services and/or incentives for long- distance freight transport by using a mixed what-if/what-to approach. It uses a specific mode-service choice model to share the freight demand among alternatives (rail-road combined transport, maritime Ro-Ro and road ...
CRISALLI, UMBERTO +2 more
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Perner’s Contacts, 2012 Technical and technological progress affect the area of road freight transport. The age of vehicles is an indicator of "modernity", acceptability to the environment and competitiveness, as well as the state of road freight transport.
Vladimír Konečný, Ivana Šimková
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