DEVELOPMENT OF A ROAD AND RAIL COST MODEL FOR SOUTH AFRICA (TRB PAPER)

This paper describes the development of a road and rail cost comparison model for freight transport in South Africa. The costs calculated by the model are total distribution costs from the transport user's perspective and include the quantification of transit time and reliability. The two critical factors to determining costs for each mode are commodity value and density. Extensive sensitivity testing of the model with respect to these two factors demonstrate their impact on the break even distances for the two modes. This model represents the first calculation and rigorous comparison of these costs in the South African environment and this model is being adapted for comparison of costs and relative competitiveness for specific commodities and routes.(a)

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• Corporate Authors:

  National Institute for Transport & Rd Res S Af

  P.O. Box 395
  Pretoria 0001, Transvaal,   South Africa 
• Authors:
  • Kennedy, T L
• Publication Date: 1988-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • CSIR Technical Report
  • Publisher: National Institute for Transport & Rd Res S Af

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Economic factors; Economics; Freight handling; Freight transportation; Railroad transportation; Transportation; Transportation modes
• Geographic Terms: South Africa
• Old TRIS Terms: Haulage
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 263: Economics of transport; 741: Goods traffic; 5149: Mechanical handling; 1173: Rail bound transport; 8103: South Africa; 1145: Transport mode
• Subject Areas: Economics; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00498904
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-7988-4470-1
• Report/Paper Numbers: RT/111
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM