Generalized noortman and van es’ empty trips model
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2021

This paper presents a generalized Noortman and Van Es’ empty trips model that considers commodity groups and vehicle types. The model allows the analyst to quantify the contribution of empty trips by the various types of commodities. The model was validated using data collected in Colombia as part of the national Freight Origin-Destination Survey. The results reveal that not all commodities generate empty trips in similar proportions, and commodities that require specialized equipment are the ones with the largest proportion of empty trips generated. Moreover, the results show that the proportions of empty trips generated by a given commodity varies across vehicle types. The key contribution of the model is that it produces more precise estimates of empty trips as it includes the impacts of the cargo type in the generation of empty trips. The proposed model could be used by planners to identify key commodities that could be paired together with equipment that could be repurposed to reduce empty trips in their regions.

Modeling

Commodities

Emerging economies

Empty trips

Författare

Carlos Gonzalez-Calderon

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

José Holguín-Veras

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Johanna Amaya

Iowa State University

Ivan Sanchez-Diaz

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Service Management and Logistics

Iván Sarmiento

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

0965-8564 (ISSN)

Vol. 145 260-268

Ämneskategorier

Transportteknik och logistik

Geofysik

Reglerteknik

DOI

10.1016/j.tra.2021.01.005

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