Towards a modal shift in freight transport? A business logistics analysis of some policy measures

Transport Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-251

  Blauwens, Gust ^a   Vandaele, Nico ^a   Van de Voorde, Eddy ^a   Vernimmen, Bert ^a   Witlox, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORT; LOGISTICS; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 31344481403     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640500335565     Document Type: Review

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