Possibilities and Limitations of Combined Transport : Report of the Ninety-First Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 24-25 October 1991

Possibilities and Limitations of Combined Transport Report of the Ninety-First Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 24-25 October 1991

One priority of European transport policy is to develop combined transport, a mode that is seen as providing a solution to the problem of road congestion while at the same time protecting the environment. Such transport is not developing as swiftly as might be hoped, however, and obstacles are arisi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Autores Corporativos: European Conference of Ministers of Transport (-), Round Table on Transport Economics (content provider), European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre. Content Provider
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 1993.
Colección:ECMT Round Tables, no.91.
Materias:
Transport
Freight and freightage > Planning > Congresses > European Economic Community countries
Containerization > Congresses > European Economic Community countries
Piggyback transportation > Congresses > European Economic Community countries
Business & Economics
Transportation Economics
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTORY REPORTS
  • Intermodal Traffic within Europe: Problems, Hindrances, Prospects by Horst Engels, Germany
  • -Introduction
  • Specification and meaning of intermodal concepts
  • The policy of railways
  • Transfer point or terminals
  • Rail infrastructure
  • Prospects
  • Possibilties and Liminations of Combined Transport by Armand Toubol, France
  • -Freight transport in Europe
  • Possible reactions to the growth of road traffic
  • Combined transport
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Possibilties and Liminations of Combined Transport by W. A. Van Zijst, the Netherlands
  • -Introduction
  • Supply potential
  • The users of combined transport: The demand side
  • Selection criteria for combined transport
  • Developments influencing the transport market effects on combined transport
  • Improving combined transport
  • Tables
  • SUMMARY OF DISCUSSIONS
  • LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

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