TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing user-centered measures to increase the share of multimodal freight transport
AU - Pfoser, Sarah
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Interreg Central Europe within the project ChemMultimodal [grant number CE36] and by the State of Upper Austria as part of the research program ‘FTI Struktur Land Oberösterreich’. I also thank the ten LSPs and all other experts participating in this study.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by Interreg Central Europe within the project ChemMultimodal [grant number CE36 ] and by the State of Upper Austria as part of the research program ‘FTI Struktur Land Oberösterreich’. I also thank the ten LSPs and all other experts participating in this study.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - The European Commission has dedicated itself steadily to multimodal freight transport to reduce problems such as air pollution or congestion and to reach the goals set by the Paris Agreement. Despite the political efforts to promote multimodality, the majority of freight transport is still carried out by truck. The aim of this paper is to capture the reasons for the small share of multimodal transport and suggest measures to promote multimodal transport. To collect data, a multiple-case study was conducted involving ten logistics service providers. The barriers to multimodal freight transport are analyzed in a holistic manner using interpretive structural modeling. Overall, fifteen barriers are presented which are classified as demand-related barriers, shipment characteristics, infrastructural/supply-related barriers, organizational barriers and legal / political barriers. Based on that, a bottom-up approach involving the ten logistics service providers (LSPs) is used to develop user-centered policy measures for multimodal transport. The direct involvement of LSPs facilitates acceptance of the proposed measures. The internalization of external costs, efficient information provision and education/training/awareness raising are rated as high impact measures to promote multimodal transport.
AB - The European Commission has dedicated itself steadily to multimodal freight transport to reduce problems such as air pollution or congestion and to reach the goals set by the Paris Agreement. Despite the political efforts to promote multimodality, the majority of freight transport is still carried out by truck. The aim of this paper is to capture the reasons for the small share of multimodal transport and suggest measures to promote multimodal transport. To collect data, a multiple-case study was conducted involving ten logistics service providers. The barriers to multimodal freight transport are analyzed in a holistic manner using interpretive structural modeling. Overall, fifteen barriers are presented which are classified as demand-related barriers, shipment characteristics, infrastructural/supply-related barriers, organizational barriers and legal / political barriers. Based on that, a bottom-up approach involving the ten logistics service providers (LSPs) is used to develop user-centered policy measures for multimodal transport. The direct involvement of LSPs facilitates acceptance of the proposed measures. The internalization of external costs, efficient information provision and education/training/awareness raising are rated as high impact measures to promote multimodal transport.
KW - Freight transport
KW - Interpretive structural model
KW - Modal shift
KW - Multimodality
KW - Policy measure
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U2 - 10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100729
DO - 10.1016/j.rtbm.2021.100729
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118247653
SN - 2210-5395
VL - 43
JO - Research in Transportation Business and Management
JF - Research in Transportation Business and Management
M1 - 100729
ER -