Project
Transport Intensities within Industrial Branches in Finland
Funding origin:
Finland
STRIA Roadmaps:
Other ()
Transport mode:
Multimodal
Transport sectors:
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/11/2003,
End date: 01/04/2004
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
Traditionally the development of haulage has been evaluated on the basis of economic development. After the 1980s, domestic haulage has fallen behind from the rate of economic growth. In practice this means that GDP does not explain the changes in haulage because the growth of GDP is faster than the growth of haulage.
Objectives:
Objectives of the study were:
- To describe how transport intensities in different branches of industry have changed and what are the reasons behind past development;
- The impacts of changes in transport intensities and production structure on haulage and different modes of transport;
- The impact of changes in production in different branches of industry on national transport demand.
Methodology:
This study appraised the transport intensities' development in different branches of industry, between 1989-2002. Transport intensity of a branch is the haulage generated by domestic production compared to the production value increment of that industry. Therefore the unit for transport intensity is tonne-kilometre per euro. Transport intensity can be defined separately for each mode of transport.
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