ESTIMATED AND PERCEIVED VARIABILITY OF TRANSIT TIME

Two small surveys were made of shipper opinions on the value placed on reliability of delivery time. If the results are correct, two implications are suggested. Railroads have not done a good job in informing the shippers about improvement in rail services and to the extent that the preference for truck over rail was based, in part, on incorrect perceptions of the variability of transit time, a shift from trucks to rail as a fuel conservation measure may have less effect on shippers than may have been expected. A more definite conclusion has to wait until variability of transit time on the choice of transport mode is properly quantified.

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  American Society of Traffic and Transportation

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• Authors:
  • Miklius, W
  • Casavant, K L
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 47-51
• Serial:
  • Transportation Journal
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Transportation and Logistics
  • ISSN: 0041-1612
  • Serial URL: https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/transportation-journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Competition; Energy conservation; Freight service; Freight transportation; Fuels; Mode choice; Motor carriers; Quality of service; Supply; Surveys; Traffic managers; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shippers
• Old TRIS Terms: Fuel shortage
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127863
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 16 1975 12:00AM