Burden or opportunity for modal shift? – Embracing the urban dimension of intermodal road-rail transport
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2017

Intermodal road-rail transport (IRRT) has a significant urban dimension, which affects the modal shift potential and the environmental benefits of rail freight. This paper explores the relevance of local policies for sustainable modal shift strategies by conceptualising the links between urban planning and rail freight. The presented framework identifies measures that local authorities can apply in order to increase the market and environmental improvement potential of IRRT. The results indicate that local urban transport planning has a significant role to play in the promotion of rail freight. Integrating rail freight into long-term urban development plans offers new possibilities for rail freight that are necessary in order to achieve a sustainable freight transport system in the face of ever-increasing road transport volumes.

Rail freight

Transport planning

Urban transport

Intermodal transport

Sustainability

Modal shift

Författare

Sönke Behrends

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Service Management and Logistics

Transport Policy

0967-070X (ISSN) 1879310x (eISSN)

Vol. 59 10-16

Ämneskategorier

Transportteknik och logistik

DOI

10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.06.004

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Skapat

2017-10-07