The ‘SUSTRAIL’ High Speed Freight Vehicle: Innovations and the Assessment of the Benefits and Costs

The aim of the SUSTRAIL project is to promote modal shift of freight in Europe from road to rail. A key objective of the policy is the shift of 30% of road freight over 300km to other modes such as rail or waterborne transport by 2030 (and 50% by 2050) as targeted by the European Commission. The SUSTRAIL project is working to provide the approach, structure, and technical content to support this modal shift through improvements in the railway freight system including innovations in rolling stock in track components.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2
• Authors:
  • Iwnicki, Simon
  • Nellthorp, John
  • Fuggini, Clemente
  • Zangani, Donato
• Conference:
  • Transport Research Arena (TRA) 5th Conference: Transport Solutions from Research to Deployment
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-17
• Publication Date: 2014-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11p
• Monograph Title: Transport Research Arena (TRA) 2014 Proceedings

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Freight transportation; Modal shift; Railroads; Rolling stock; Technological innovations; Track components
• Identifier Terms: European Union
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01529909
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: VTI, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 1 2014 9:20AM