Estimating potential reductions in externalities from rail-road substitution in Trans-European freight transport corridors |
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| Authors: | Milan Janic Jaap Vleugel |
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| Institution: | Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Department of Transport & Planning, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | This paper develops a method for analysing and estimating savings in externalities that could be achieved by substituting truck with rail freight services in a given Trans-European freight transport corridor. The externalities affected include energy consumption, emissions of greenhouse gases, noise, congestion, and traffic incidents/accidents. The European Commission transport policy aims to provide an institutional framework for the medium- to long-term sustainable development of the transport sector. An important aspect of this policy is to stimulating the modal shift from truck to rail freight transport in inland Trans-European corridors. |
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| Keywords: | Externalities Freight transport Modal substitution Trans-European corridors |
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