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https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198196152200117

https://scholar.google.co...oral&publication_year=1996

As in most developing countries, the resources available in Mexico for improving the infrastructure of the transportation system and its services are frequently insufficient. This situation has led the Mexican Transport Institute (MTI) to develop strategies for optimizing the allocation of resources among the various necessities of the system. The use of the economic value of the freight flows for identifying and planning improvement projects to be undertaken for a specified time period on basic surface transportation networks (roads and railways) is proposed. This parameter can also be used for assessing the relative importance of the components of such networks. The methodology suggested for assessing the economic value of the freight flows is presented. The basis of the use of the criterion proposed including its greater convenience than other commonly used criteria (of the benefit/cost type) is described. Based on the suggested criterion, several considerations are raised for the Mexican road and railroad networks. The belief of some policy makers that freight is of paramount importance for planning improvements to the transportation systems is applied and facilitated by the applications described.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1522, Freight Transportation Data and Planning Issues, Trucking, and Marine Transportation.

English

p. 122-128

1996

Transportation Research Record

0309062195

References (10) ; Tables (3)

Freight traffic; Highways; Improvements; Methodology; Optimization; Railroads; Resource allocation; Value engineering

Freight flows

Mexico

Mexico

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

TRIS, TRB

Oct 3 1996 12:00AM

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• COLLECTING USAGE DATA FOR ANALYZING A HEAVY-VEHICLE, DIVISIBLE-LOAD PERMIT SYSTEM
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• INCORPORATING ENERGY CRITERIA IN INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY DECISIONS
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• INVESTMENT SELECTION MODEL FOR MULTICOMMODITY MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS
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• RESOLUTION OF LAND USE AND PORT ACCESS CONFLICTS AT INLAND WATERWAY PORTS
• STATE OF THE PRACTICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AT MARINE CONTAINER PORTS
• STATEWIDE TRUCK TRANSPORTATION PLANNING: METHODOLOGY AND CASE STUDY (WITH DISCUSSION)
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• TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EVACUATION PLANNING
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• USING SEASONAL AND DAY-OF-WEEK FACTORING TO IMPROVE ESTIMATES OF TRUCK VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED