A Methodology for the Assessment of Rail-road Freight Transport Policies

This 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 transport) and a service network design model to identify new rail-road freight services. This methodology is designed to be easily integrated within a Decision Support System to allocate the freight transport policies. Finally, in order to show the applicability of the proposed approach, some application examples carried out to support Italian Ministry of Transport in the development of the new Italian National Transport Plan are presented.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.10.611
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042813040561
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/18770428
• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2013 Umberto Crisalli et al.
• Authors:
  • Crisalli, Umberto
  • Comi, Antonio
  • Rosati, Luca
• Conference:
  • 19th Annual Meeting of the Italian Society of Transportation Academics (SIDT 2012 Scientific Seminar)
  • Location: Padova , Italy
  • Date: 2012-10-18 to 2012-10-19
• Publication Date: 2013-10-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 292-305
• Serial:
  • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-0428
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18770428/53
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containerization; Decision support systems; Demand; Freight trains; Mode choice; Policy; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Italy
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01497457
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 4 2013 2:01PM