RESEARCH INTO THE POSSIBILITIES FOR INTRODUCING AN INNOVATIVE FREIGHT TRANSPORT
Due to a rapid increase in the volume of freight traffic especially in cities, urban centers suffer from acute traffic congestion. Deterioration of roadside environment has also been widely observed. There is a limit, however, as to how much of these problems can be mitigated within the context of current distribution system, which sorely depends on manned vehicles using internal-combustion-engine that operate above ground. There is an urgent need to develop a new, more sophisticated goods distribution system to significantly change the status quo. This dissertation explores the possibility of adopting an ITS (Intelligent Transport System) system in which electric-vehicles are operated in underground tunnels. Using the Tokyo words as a case study area, a traffic simulation and a cost-benefit analysis on this New Freight Transport System are conducted. For the covering abstract see ITRD E114174.
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Authors:
- Takahashi, Y
- IMANISHI, Y
- KASIMA, S
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Conference:
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH WORLD CONGRESS ON INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
- Location: Turin , Italy
- Date: 2000-11-6 to 2000-11-9
- Publication Date: 2000
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 8 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Electric vehicles; Freight transportation; Intelligent transportation systems; Simulation; Tunnels; Underground structures; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Subterranean
- Geographic Terms: Japan
- ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 1282: Electric vehicle; 1112: Freight transport; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 8053: Japan; 9103: Simulation; 4372: Subterranean; 3374: Tunnel; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Energy; Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00937561
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Feb 5 2003 12:00AM