URBAN FREIGHT ECONOMICS : A NEW RAIL PARADIGM FOR LARGE LOTS

In this article, the author argues that it can be efficient and profitable to use rail to move significant amounts of freight in urban settings over short hauls. To be competitive, shipments must be in large enough lots, take advantage of established industrial branch lines and switching services and serve a high-density market.

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  American Society of Transportation and Logistics

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• Authors:
  • Erickson, T F
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 5-15
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Delivery service; Economic efficiency; Freight traffic; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Urban freight
• Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00813145
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 3 2001 12:00AM