The Significance of the Urban Context for the Sustainability Performance of Intermodal Road-rail Transport

Behrends, Sönke

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.757

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“…Road congestion is mainly an issue in urban areas, where road traffic congregates. Multimodal transportation may lessen the amount of road traffic for the long haul, but may instead increase congestion in areas close to terminals (Konings 1996;Behrends 2012). However, electrified rail transportation has lesser impact on the climate, as will be shown below.…”

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Given this definition, road transportation makes use of trucks fuelled by diesel -originating from oil reserves that will one day run dry -that releases large amounts of, among other things, carbon into the atmosphere upon combustion. When it comes to society, road transportation causes congestion (leading to irritation and costs for other road users), noise (causing stress, insomnia and other health issues), emissions of hazardous particles and gases, accidents among other road users and, finally, excessive wear and tear on road infrastructure (Kreutzberger et al 2003;Woodburn 2004;Behrends 2012). Regarding accidents, rail accounted for 37 lives lost within EU during 2009, compared to 1400 from accidents involving heavy vehicles and lorries below 3.5 tonnes (i.e.…”

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…vehicles used for freight purposes) and 34 814 from road traffic (all categories) (European Union 2012). Excluding these external costs, however, road transportation is economically favourable, because it is comparatively cheap to haul cargo by road (Janic 2007;Behrends 2012).…”

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are a number of similar tools to be found online and EcoTransit was specifically selected because of availability and recommendations from practitioners. The reliability of the tool was assessed by studying how the tool was constructed (EcoTransit 2011) as well as looking at previous studies that have employed in their calculations, a sample of which are Fridell et al (2011), Kalenoja et al (2011) and Behrends (2012).…”

Section: Emission Calculationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Factors Influencing the Choice between Road and Multimodal Transportation

Heljedal¹

2013

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on-sustainable transportation is a great part of the stress that human activities put on the environment. Road transportation constituted 74% of the total inland tonne-kilometres in the EU during 2009, to be compared to rail transportation at 15%. In Sweden the numbers are slightly more in favour of rail transportation, but still a small share despite the fact that the European Committee promotes sustainable modes of transport. To reduce the environmental impact from the transport sector, and be able to promote the use of sustainable transport modes, it is important to gain an understanding of why the modal balance is disposed this way. By case studies and a survey, four factors, viz costs, environmental impact, attitudes and risks, and their impact on the choice of mode of transportation for companies located in the vicinity of a rail terminal are studied.The results clearly show that the environmental impact of rail transportation is only a fraction of that of the road transportation and could possibly influence the choice of rail transportation in a positive way. However, rail transportation is less cost efficient, flexible and reliable and these aspects -despite the advantageous conditions in terms of infrastructure and geographical vicinity to a rail terminalcontribute to a negative bias towards rail transportation among companies in the study. Thus, the cost and attitudes factors counteract the choice of rail transportation. In addition, risks, as the final factor, also counteracts the choice, since it is found that respondents consider the risks of disturbances such as delays, theft and accidents to be important when considering mode of transportation and that rail transportation is viewed as lacking compared to road transportation.This thesis contributes to the existing theory about the costs-related issues and the environmental impact of rail transportation, as well as how companies with beneficial conditions to employ rail transportation consider the mode with regards to e.g. reliability and safety, and how these factors influence the modal choice among buyers of transportation services that are located close to a rail terminal. With this knowledge, policymakers are informed of which areas to concentrate taxes, subsidizations and information to. These things are in all probability necessary if a large scale modal shift is desired. The contribution of the effect a modal shift could have on the environmental impact of the transportation might make certain practitioners that compete on a market where a low environmental footprint is a strong competitive weapon to rethink their modal choice. N iii ivPopulärvetenskaplig sammanfattning et är lätt att föreställa sig en renare värld. En värld där ingen hostar på grund av avgaser, där sot inte täcker husväggar eller förmörkar himlen. En värld där gräset är grönare och där vackra, snötyngda vinterskogar inte är en syn hotad av ett varmare klimat. Det är inte alls lika lätt att tänka sig en värld utan lastbilarstransporter. Men att minska antalet lastbil...

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Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Emission Calculationsmentioning

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Factors Influencing the Choice between Road and Multimodal Transportation

Heljedal¹

2013

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“…The indisputable importance of intermodal transport for securing a sustainable transport system is noted e.g., in the contribution [8]. The author points to the environmental advantages of intermodal transport chains, the necessary cooperation between the individual modes of transport, and the importance of intermodal transport terminals accessibility.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Methodology for Determining the Location of Intermodal Transport Terminals for the Development of Sustainable Transport Systems: A Case Study from Slovakia

Ližbetín

2019

Sustainability

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A high-quality infrastructure and technical base is a vital factor in the development of intermodal transport in transport systems. Intermodal transport terminals are the most important component of a combined transport infrastructure, providing an essential connection between different modes of transport. This article deals with the issue of where to locate intermodal transport terminals within a transport network. In reality, this decision comes down to the potential of a particular location (e.g., an industrial park) and the critical role of private investors. These are mostly subjective factors, whereby little or no consideration is given to objective criteria. Within this context, it is extremely important that decisions are taken with regards to the development and construction of public networks, and economically neutral intermodal transport terminals by independent subjects are based on a non-discriminatory approach. In other words, it is essential that such terminals are built in places that comply with the stated priorities of the transport policy of a specific state. In this article, the author puts forward a method for determining the location of terminals that are based on the optimisation of several influential factors. The specified methodology is applied to a case study in Slovakia. The theoretical part of the article deals with the nature of the method to be applied. The discussion part involves a case study concerning the (potential) location of intermodal transport terminals in the Slovak Republic.

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