TITLE:
High-Capacity Transport Associated with Pre- and Post-Haulage in Intermodal Road-Rail Transport
AUTHORS:
Ying Ye, Jiali Shen, Rickard Bergqvist
KEYWORDS:
Intermodal Transport, HCT, Sustainable Transport, Pre- and Post-Haulage, Modal Shift
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Transportation Technologies,
Vol.4 No.3,
July
31,
2014
ABSTRACT: 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.