Modal Share and External Cost Evolutions Under Different European Freight Transport Scenarios: The North Rhine Westphalia Corridors Case
This article reports on a study that quantified the potential contributions of two types of transport policy to support climate protection and sustainability. The authors assess two extreme scenarios for cost cuts in rail freight and for the electrification of road hauling: the use of Pro Rail for competitive freight railways and the use of Pro Road for greenhouse-gas-neutral road transport. As case studies, they use the Rhine-Alpine and the North Sea-Baltic Corridors, projected for the year 2050. In the Pro Rail scenario, rail transport costs are reduced by 66% through measures such as regulatory frameworks, entrepreneurial measures and the application of digitalization and automation. This scenario also shows that road haulage costs increase by 25% (taxes, charges, and regulation). The other scenario, Pro Road, outlines highway transport operating carbon neutral, through the use of overhead wires, batteries and fuel cells. The authors also consider the use of inland waterway transport. Their results show that, along the Rhine-Alpine Corridor, 2050 externalities decline by 40% in the Pro Rail scenario and by 60% in the Pro Road scenario. Similar findings were shown for the North Sea - Baltic corridor, while a 27% externality reduction is there observed in the Pro Rail scenario. The authors conclude with a brief discussion of the difficulties of implementing such extreme changes in policy and the need for more moderate approaches to move toward climate protection.
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Authors:
- Doll, Claus
- Köhler, Jonathan
- Schade, Wolfgang
- Mader, Simon
- van Hassel, Edwin
- Vaneslander, Thierry
- Publication Date: 2021-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 381-412
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Serial:
- International Journal of Transport Economics
- Volume: 48
- Issue Number: 3-4
- ISSN: 0391-8440
- Serial URL: http://www.libraweb.net/riviste.php?chiave=67
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Externalities; Freight transportation; Policy making; Policy, legislation and regulation
- Geographic Terms: Baltic Sea Region; North Sea; Rhine River Region
- Subject Areas: Economics; Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01849850
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 27 2022 12:21PM