Effects of Travel Time Reliability and Commodity Characteristics on Hinterland Leg Transportation of Export Containers

Increasing the mode share of railway in hinterland leg containers transportation requires a better understanding about the effects of critical factors on shippers’ mode choices. This paper focuses on the effects of travel time reliability (TTR) and commodity characteristics on freight mode choice. A two-stage survey is conducted in the Yiwu-Port of Ningbo corridor, China, to collect shippers’ preference data. Five model specifications are estimated using these data. Estimation results of generic parameters indicate that significant interaction effects between commodity characteristics and travel time exist. The value of generic reliability was then calculated and the effects of commodity characteristics was quantified. In addition, mode-specific values of reliability are estimated. Remarkable differences are found in the mode-specific value of reliability for different modes. Also, the effects of mode-specific value of reliability on the demand forecasting were investigated. Results imply that the mode share of railway will be underestimated if the mode-specific value of reliability is neglected, especially when travel time of railway transportation is reliable. Therefore, it is recommended that the mode-specific willingness-to-pay should be considered in railway demand forecasting and project appraisals.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198119850151
• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The Standing Committee on Transportation in the Developing Countries (ABE90) peer-reviewed this paper (19-05318). © National Academy of Sciences: Transportation Research Board 2019.
• Authors:
  • Zhang, Rong
  • Jian, Wenliang
  • 0000-0002-7423-8260
• Publication Date: 2019-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 204-214
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Volume: 2673
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0361-1981
  • EISSN: 2169-4052
  • Serial URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/trr

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodity classification; Containers; Forecasting; Mode choice; Transportation corridors; Travel demand; Travel time
• Identifier Terms: Port of Ningbo (China)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hinterlands
• Geographic Terms: Yiwu (China)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01711312
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 19-05318
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 19 2019 10:15AM