The impact of transport policies on railroad intermodal freight competitiveness - The case of Belgium

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 230-244

  Santos, Bruno F ^a   Limbourg, Sabine ^b   Carreira, Joana S ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Railroad intermodal transportation; Railroad modal split; Terminal location; Transport policies

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; TRANSPORTATION;

FREIGHT TRANSPORT; INTER MODALITIES; INTERMODAL FREIGHT; INTERMODAL TERMINALS; INTERMODAL TRANSPORT; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODELS; MODAL SPLIT; TRANSPORT POLICY;

INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION;

COMPETITIVENESS; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84949117144     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2014.10.015     Document Type: Article

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