Methodology for estimating freight volume shift in an international intermodal corridor

Tsamboulas, D; Moraitis, P

dc.contributor.author	Tsamboulas, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Moraitis, P	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:26:38Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:26:38Z
dc.date.issued	2007	en
dc.identifier.issn	0361-1981	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/18159
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation	en
dc.subject.classification	Transportation Science & Technology	en
dc.subject.other	Data acquisition	en
dc.subject.other	Developing countries	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Sustainable development	en
dc.subject.other	Freight modeling	en
dc.subject.other	International intermodal corridor	en
dc.subject.other	Freight transportation	en
dc.title	Methodology for estimating freight volume shift in an international intermodal corridor	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.3141/2008-02	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2008-02	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2007	en
heal.abstract	Facilitating the movement of freight in developing countries is likely to have a significant impact on these countries' economic development. For these countries, freight modeling is crucial, especially when alternative modes and routes exist, investments in infrastructure are limited, and the objective is to promote environmentally friendly intermodal transportation. However, limited research related to model freight demand is performed in developing countries, compared with the amount of research done in more developed countries. In general, freight transportation demand is a highly variable process over space and time, which precludes the prediction of future scenarios with certainty. This paper presents a methodological framework for the analysis that is required before development of an intermodal (i.e., involving both rail and ship) international transportation corridor. It outlines a simplified methodology for estimating freight volumes on the specific corridor, either in absolute numbers or percentages, when compared with alternative routes. This methodology overcomes issues such as limited availability of data and complexity of trends and relationships of the freight transportation demand characteristics. The resulting estimations can be used to assess whether a new international intermodal transportation corridor is viable and under what conditions. An application is demonstrated for a specific transportation corridor from ports on the Black Sea by maritime and rail connections to Greek ports in the Mediterranean.	en
heal.publisher	NATL ACAD SCIENCES	en
heal.journalName	Transportation Research Record	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.3141/2008-02	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000252684100003	en
dc.identifier.issue	2008	en
dc.identifier.spage	10	en
dc.identifier.epage	18	en