Assessment of a transport policy potential for intermodal mode shift on a European scale

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 715-733

  Tsamboulas, Dimitrios ^a   Vrenken, Huub ^b   Lekka, Anna Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Groenewegje 87   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intermodal transport; Macro scan; Modal shift; Policy action plan; Supply chain; Transport policies

Indexed keywords

MODAL ANALYSIS; PLANNING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

INTERMODAL SHIFT; MODAL SHIFT; POLICY ACTION PLAN; TRANSPORT POLICIES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

ACTION PLAN; EUROPEAN UNION; POLICY MAKING; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34247574891     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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