Modelling Multimodal Freight Transport: Impacts of Network Improvement in Urban Areas on Inter-Regional Freight Transport

This paper proposes an optimization model that determines the best combination of infrastructure improvements and investigates the impact of urban and surrounding network improvements on inter-regional freight transport. The model uses bi-level programming, where the lower level problem describes the multimodal multi-user assignment technique and the upper level problem optimizes the best combination of network improvements using genetic algorithm-based procedures. Model application to the actual freight network in Java Island reveals that the best combination of network improvements is a mixed-type set of improvements located inside and outside the cities.

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• Authors:
  • Russ, Bona Frazila
  • Yamada, Tadashi
  • Castro, Jun
  • Ito, Tatsuhide
• Conference:
  • Recent Advances in City Logistics. The 4th International Conference on City Logistics
  • Location: Langkawi , Malaysia
  • Date: 2005-7-12 to 2005-7-14
• Publication Date: 2006-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 177-190
• Monograph Title: Recent Advances in City Logistics

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Imports; Multimodal transportation; Networks; Ports of entry; Urban areas; Urban goods movement
• Uncontrolled Terms: Multimodal freight modeling
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01029894
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080447996
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 2006 8:06AM