Performance assessment for intermodal chains

The reasons for choosing or promoting a certain way of transporting goodsare dependent on a multitude of factors. Shippers will be interested in reliable logistics and low cost, while authorities are in general more concerned with relieving congestion and minimizing the environmental impact oftransport in general, while accident-free transport is in the interest ofall parties involved. Historically, many analysis methods have been developed that include one or more of the above factors, both for transport andnon-transport purposes. For the European funded 6th framework project CREATING however, aims to achieve an integrated approach to the assessment oftransport, focused on intermodal chains at a micro level, which required highly specific input data which was not readily available from literature. In order to solve this, the authors have joined forces: Delft Universitydeveloped a model that determines transport cost and emissions related tointermodal transport chains, based on the technical and operational aspects of the transport means utilized, while Budapest University developed a method to measure logistic performance of specific transport chains and the University of Liège developed a multi-criteria decision aiding model that can translate values obtained into a single performance indicator.The approach developed by the authors is demonstrated by means of one of the cases under evaluation in the CREATING project.

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• Authors:
  • RIGO, R
  • HEKKENBERG, R
  • BALLE, A
  • HADHAZI, N
• Publication Date: 2007-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Serial:
  • EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: DELFT UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • ISSN: 1567-7133
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Decision making; Evaluation; Mathematical analysis; Transportation modes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Selection
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 224: Cost; 2248: Decision process; 8034: Europe; 9020: Evaluation (assessment); 9072: Selection; 1145: Transport mode
• Subject Areas: Finance; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01089871
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 17 2008 10:07AM