Development of a decision making tool for freight transport in the UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) are fast developing countries with annual growth rates between 5 and 10 per cent for population, economic development and as a result also for transport demand of both passenger and freight transport. Currently, the whole freight transport demand in the UAE is accommodated by a road network that had originally been designed for passenger traffic. This has resulted in congestion, delays and external impacts on other road users, the environment and road safety. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has now initiated a National Transport Master Plan to develop and test strategies for the future development of the transport system of the UAE. In the framework of this project, a freight transport model has been developed for this rapidly growing area, allowing the modelling of the impacts of different strategies and measures to improve the freight transport system such as network extensions, development of freight rail systems, transport demand measures and others. This freight transport model is an important decision making tool and can be valued a landmark for the development of a more efficient freight transport system with less congestion and reduced external impacts. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E220164.
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Authors:
- REITER, U
- LANDMANN, J
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Conference:
- ARRB Conference, 24th, 2010
- Location: Melbourne , Australia
- Date: 2010-10-12 to 2010-10-15
- Publication Date: 2010-10
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 14P
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Development; Mathematical models; Transportation
- Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
- ITRD Terms: 2248: Decision process; 285: Demand (econ); 1112: Freight transport
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01332529
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 187659263X
- Files: ITRD, ARRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 15 2011 10:57AM