Integrating an Accessibility Measure in the Modal Choice of Strategic Freight Transport Models

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bart Jourquin
Keyword(s):  
Freight Transport ◽  
Transport Models ◽  
Modal Choice ◽  
Accessibility Measure

scholarly journals Recent developments in national and international freight transport models within Europe

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerard de Jong ◽  
Inge Vierth ◽  
Lori Tavasszy ◽  
Moshe Ben-Akiva
Keyword(s):  
Freight Transport ◽  
Transport Models ◽  
Recent Developments

scholarly journals A Method for the Evaluation of Urban Freight Transport Models as a Tool for Improving the Delivery of Sustainable Urban Transport Policy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Kaszubowski
Keyword(s):  
Transport Model ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Transport Models ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Freight Management

The article presents a method which helps local authorities to evaluate urban freight transport models. Given the complex requirements for input data and the inability to supply them for most cities, a proper quantitative evaluation of model functionality may be quite difficult for local authorities. Freight transport models designed to support sustainable urban freight transport objectives are a particular example. To overcome these difficulties, the structure of the method is based on a qualitative analysis of strategic and operational conditions of urban freight management for modelling purposes. A consistent set of criteria is developed to help with parameterising strategic objectives and the analytical requirements of tools to achieve those objectives. The problems of data availability and capture are also included. The method consists of three tiers that are arranged hierarchically to reflect the interrelations. The proposed method was verified against Gdynia’s (Poland) urban freight management requirements. The city was chosen for its early experience of urban freight studies and improvement measures and because it has already defined its strategic objectives. Two comprehensive freight transport models (Freturb and Wiver) and existing city’s transport model were evaluated. The results have ruled out the existing transport model rendering it ineffective as a tool to support urban freight management to meet the city’s strategic objectives. While Freturb turned out to be much better suited for the needs, dedicated models still face a basic barrier of cities having to redesign their systems for collecting urban transport data.

Assesment of Trends in Inland Waterway Transport within European Union

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 247-254
Author(s):  
Gabriel Constantin Benga ◽  
Danut Savu ◽  
Sorin Vasile Savu ◽  
Adrian Olei ◽  
Răzvan Ionuț Iacobici
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
European Federation ◽  
Transport Models ◽  
Eu Policy ◽  
Inland Waterway

There are several innovations to be found in the inland waterway sector. European Federation of Inland Ports EFIP defines trends in Inland Ports and Current EU Policy Developments in 2014. The trends include urban logistics, biomass transports, as well as the transportation of heavy cargo. The Transport White Paper of 2011 targeted for freight transport to shift from road to rail and IWW by more than 50% by 2050. The described technological and organizational as well as logistic trends are linked and evaluated regarding their impact onto model variables of the different transport models and tools employed. Technological advancements have an impact on organizational and logistics issues and cannot be discussed independently from these topics. The analysis is performed for each trend individually and does not take into account the different maturities and interdependencies among the different trends evaluated.

Transport Costs in a Shrinking World

2016 ◽  
pp. 391-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konrad Heinz Schliephake
Keyword(s):  
Coming Out ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
Modal Choice ◽  
The World ◽  
Transportation Geography ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
The Cost

Logistics is about reducing costs in freight transport and removing virtual (rather than physical) obstacles in the event. Reports dwell on the quest for efficiency and show ways to remove bottlenecks and costs. The reduction of these costs was instrumental to an ever increasing exchange notably of finished goods between the countries of the World. The cost elements of transportation de-pend on the nature of the goods to be transported as well as the topography, the distance to overcome and the modal choice. But day-to-day reality seems to paint a totally different picture to the economic analyst. Does it still make sense to apply or even study the theories of the classical and neo-classical transportation geography which allocate the spheres of production and of consumption according to costs in space. This paper dwells on two diverging opinions. The combination of two sets of models, one coming out of the classic methodologies and one from modern marketing concepts, leads to an explanative approach which reconciles both model builders and empirical analysts.

Transport Costs in a Shrinking World

2018 ◽  
pp. 626-639
Author(s):  
Konrad Heinz Schliephake
Keyword(s):  
Coming Out ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
Modal Choice ◽  
The World ◽  
Transportation Geography ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
The Cost

Logistics is about reducing costs in freight transport and removing virtual (rather than physical) obstacles in the event. Reports dwell on the quest for efficiency and show ways to remove bottlenecks and costs. The reduction of these costs was instrumental to an ever increasing exchange notably of finished goods between the countries of the World. The cost elements of transportation de-pend on the nature of the goods to be transported as well as the topography, the distance to overcome and the modal choice. But day-to-day reality seems to paint a totally different picture to the economic analyst. Does it still make sense to apply or even study the theories of the classical and neo-classical transportation geography which allocate the spheres of production and of consumption according to costs in space. This paper dwells on two diverging opinions. The combination of two sets of models, one coming out of the classic methodologies and one from modern marketing concepts, leads to an explanative approach which reconciles both model builders and empirical analysts.

Determinants of modal choice in freight transport

1990 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivien P Jeffs ◽  
Peter J Hills
Keyword(s):  
Freight Transport ◽  
Modal Choice
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