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Title:

Certain Regularities of Interurban Long-Haul Service with Use of Road Trains

Accession Number:

01023483

Record Type:

Component

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Transportation Research Board Business Office

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Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The main objective of this paper was to review the principal aspects in organization of interurban long haul service with the use of road trains on the basis of the “district” traffic system. The paper determined that the most effective methods of trucking operations in order to highlight the regularities that characterize these methods. The paper describes practicable methods of freight flow analysis, some factors and parameters concerning movement of motor-vehicle trains and original route schedules as well. Of special interest is the obtained algorithm of economically effective trucking operations of motor-vehicle trains on the route.

Monograph Accession #:

01020180

Report/Paper Numbers:

06-0355

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Pocklad, Oleg

Pagination:

23p

Publication Date:

2006

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 85th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2006-1-22 to 2006-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures (7) ; References (10) ; Tables (3)

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Subject Areas:

Freight Transportation; Highways; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2006 Paper #06-0355

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 3 2006 10:20AM