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Title:

A model for national freight flows, distribution centers, empty trucks and urban truck movements

Document type:
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Author(s):
Moeckel, Rolf; Donnelly, Rick
Abstract:
Trucks travel both short distances for local deliveries and long distances for transporting goods across the country. Often their travel behavior is tour-based, they run under tight schedules and under curfew on selected roads. Despite these differences from personal travel, in practice truck models largely follow person travel methods. To overcome this shortcoming, a two-layer truck model is developed for the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Long- distance trucks are driven by commodity flows, with d...     »
Journal title:
Transportation Planning and Technology 39(7):1-19 2016-08
Year:
2016
Journal volume:
39
Year / month:
2016-08
Quarter:
3. Quartal
Month:
Aug
Journal issue:
7
Pages contribution:
693-711
Language:
en
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1080/03081060.2016.1204091
WWW:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305636604_A_model_for_national_freight_flows_distribution_centers_empty_trucks_and_urban_truck_movements
Publisher:
Informa UK Limited
E-ISSN:
0308-10601029-0354
Date of publication:
02.08.2016
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