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Freight transport demand in the mechanics’ sector of Friuli Venezia Giulia: the choice between intermodal and road transport
Zotti, Jacopo
Danielis, Romeo
2004
Abstract
During recent years, freight transport has been experiencing an enormous growth, affecting in
particular the road transport. In Italy as well as in most developed countries, this has called for
appropriate policies aimed at a modal switch. A notable role in this context could be played by intermodal
transport. This paper supplies a new transport attributes’ evaluation, estimating the possibility that firms
rely on intermodal transport rather than on road transport. Consistently, the transport mode is threaded as
a choice attribute. Differently from other studies (see for example Matear and Gray, 1993 and Lu, 2000),
the modelling framework introduces attribute cut-offs (Swait, 2001), in order to account for a two-stage
decision process. The dataset used for this study is the result of 30 interviews, which have been realised in
the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Results show that the transport mode does not represent a
discriminatory choice variable, while attributes related to the quality level of the service (e.g. damages
and losses) are as important as cost attributes.
Series
European Transport / Trasporti Europei
VIII (2003/2004) 25-26
Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
ISTIEE Istituto per lo studio dei trasporti nell’integrazione economica europea
Source
Jacopo Zotti and Romeo Danielis, "Freight transport demand in the mechanics’ sector of Friuli Venezia Giulia: the choice between intermodal and road transport", in: European Transport / Trasporti Europei, VIII (2003/2004) 25-26, pp. 9-20
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