High-Capacity Transport Associated with Pre- and Post-Haulage in Intermodal Road-Rail Transport

• 作者: Jiali Shen Rickard Bergqvist Ying Ye
• 来源期刊: 交通科技期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Intermodal TRANSPORT HCT Sustainable TRANSPORT Pre- and Post-Haulage MODAL Shift
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（3）
• 页码范围: 289-301
• 页数: 13页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

This paper develops a model for analyzing the potential of longer and heavier vehicles (LHVs) related to pre- and post-haulage in the intermodal rail-road transport chain (IRT). The paper considers the combined economic and emission costs among three different transport networks including intermodal rail-road transport with current Swedish regulatory framework for trucks, intermodal rail-road transport with LHVs, and direct-road transport. The objective is to analyse the potential of high-capacity transport associated with pre- and post-haulage for enhancing the competitiveness of intermodal transport from a full-costs perspective. The model developed is applied to a Swedish context and case study. Research findings reveal that the break-even of the IRT compared to the direct road transport could be significantly lowered, which suggests the LHVs contribute to exploring the market of IRT over smaller flows.