DSSITP - Decision support system for intermodal transport policy
Overview
Objectives:
The objectives of this project were to find ways to enhance the growth of intermodal barge and rail transport. Both combinations have a particular market structure and operations, but it is important to analyse them together in order to take care of potential competition distortions. This also allowed to integrate the policies for intermodal transport on a federal and regional level in a better way. Next to the stimulation of the intermodal transport growth it is also important to predict its limits.
Methodology:
In order to simulate the impact of new terminals on the modal split, a combination of two models were used: The network model of FUCaM and the LAMBIT model of VUB. The first model identified an optimal location, while the second model analysed the impact of the locations on the market shares of the current and potential terminals. The combination of the models creates a decision support system that allows to simulate and predict potential problems in the freight infrastructure network.
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