Feeder systems in combined transport (SVI1999/329)
Overview
Background & policy context:
Great hope has been placed in combined freight transport (CFT) by rail/road for some time now, but a wide breakthrough still has yet to be achieved. It is believed that there is considerable potential for rationalisation, particularly in the area of road-based pre-haulage and end-haulage services, and that making use of this potential could well improve CFT's share of the market. For this reason an understanding of the problems involved in pre-haulage and end-haulage services, of appropriate improvement measures, and of possible ways for implementing these measures, are all of central importance to the further development of combined freight transport.
Objectives:
The investigation is intended to fulfil the following aims:
- Analysis of the characteristics of CFT pre-haulage and end-haulage and of their significance in the overall transport chain (transport chains and processes in CFT, actors and their roles).
- Analysis of impediments in pre-haulage and end-haulage services in combined freight transport and of their causes (the analysis to include consideration of their significance for the whole transport chain).
- Presentation of improvement measures together with an estimation of their impact (catalogue of measures, potential for rationalisation, effects).
- Formulation of recommendations for the implementation of measures and suggestions of ways to close any remaining gaps in research.
Methodology:
The methodology used in the investigation is based on analyses of literature, interviews with actors in the transport sector, and qualitative and quantitative analyses of effects. A CFT data set was set up for the year 2002 specifically to provide a basis for the quantitative analysis of effects.
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