Title
A freight transport optimization model for integrated network, service, and policy design
Author
Zhang, M.
Janic, M.
Tavasszy, L.A.
Publication year
2015
Abstract
This paper presents a freight transport optimization model that simultaneously incorporates multimodal infrastructure, hub-based service network structures, and the various design objectives of multiple actors. The model has been calibrated and validated using real-life data from the case study of hinterland container transport of the Netherlands, where CO2 pricing, terminal network configuration, and hub-service networks are chosen as the design measures. Policy packages combining multiple types of policies show better network performance as compared with the optimal performance resulting from a single policy type. This illustrates the value of incorporating multiple types of policies simultaneously in freight transport optimization. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
Subject
Urban Mobility & Environment
STL - Sustainable Transport & Logistics
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Mobility & Logistics
Logistics
Urbanisation
CO2
Container transport
Freight transport
Network design
Optimization
Carbon dioxide
Freight transport
Model validation
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2015.02.013
TNO identifier
524146
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
ISSN
1366-5545
Source
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 77, 61-76
Document type
article