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Title:

The State of Urban Rail Freight Strategies in European Cities
Cover of The State of Urban Rail Freight Strategies in European Cities

Accession Number:

01590766

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

With a shifting focus of urban planners towards freight transport, the use of railways in urban transport chains is increasingly advocated. The shift to rail-based freight transport is expected to reduce the dependency on road infrastructure, and to contribute to a range of current challenges in transportation, such as congestion, pollution and road safety. However there seems no consolidated approach to rail freight in the urban context. This paper analyses the state of urban (freight) transport strategies by public bodies concerning the use of railways. It compiles and compares transport strategies from cities in the largest metropolitan areas in Europe. The strategies and plans are studied with respect to their specificity, their objectives and the measures they propose. Local circumstances and the type of public body issuing the strategy are taken into account. The study identifies a lack of rail-specific measures in transport strategies. Strategies that contain details on rail freight are restricted to network and terminal infrastructure, leaving a gap in terms of train operation and technology.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AR040 Standing Committee on Freight Rail Transportation.

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-5390

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Fumasoli, Tobias M
Weidmann, Ulrich A

Pagination:

11p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Photos; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Europe

Subject Areas:

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

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-5390

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 6:20PM