EVALUATION OF COSTS AND SERVICE BETWEEN COASTAL CENTRES- THE MODAL CHOICE DECISION

The objective of this report is to identify and quantify major cost and service factors of road, rail and sea transport through the use of an interactive transport cost mode. Although the model incorporates country wide average cost and service characteristics, it is designed such that these cost and service parameters can be easily adjusted to reflect individual conditions. It is thus a powerful tool for the critical evaluation of the costs and of services provided by competing modes of transport. (A)

• Availability:
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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: 1987-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 18 p.
• Serial:
  • CSIR Technical Report
  • Publisher: National Institute for Transport & Rd Res S Af

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Freight transportation; International; Mathematical models; Modal split; Operating costs; Railroad transportation; Ships
• Geographic Terms: South Africa
• ITRD Terms: 741: Goods traffic; 9034: International; 6473: Mathematical model; 675: Modal split; 221: Operating costs; 1173: Rail bound transport; 1248: Ship; 8103: South Africa
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00604846
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-7988-4400-0
• Report/Paper Numbers: RT/88
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1991 12:00AM