Intermodal Freight Transport Institutional Aspects

What is intermodal transport? What are its "institutional aspects"? What is effective intermodal transport policy and how does it differ from road transport policy or rail transport policy? Today's highly competitive global marketplace calls for a policy framework that can evolve to m...

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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Intermodal Freight Transport Advisory Group. Content Provider (content provider)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2001.
Colección:Road Transport and Intermodal Linkages Research Programme,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Foreword""; ""OECD RTR Programme - Intermodal Freight Transport: Institutional Aspects""; ""Abstract""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Table 1. Intermodal transport in the Netherlands""; ""Table 2. Intermodal transport in Canada""; ""Table 3. Intermodal transport in the Czech Republic""; ""Table 4. Intermodal freight transport in the United Kingdom""; ""Table 5. Intermodal transport in Japan""; ""Table 6. EU Intermodal freight transport""; ""Table 7. Explicit objectives of national governments with respect to intermodal transport""
  • ""Table 8. Legislation and regulations favouring intermodal transport, 1997""""Annex Table A1. Toolkit for intermodal policy fields""; ""Annex Table A2. Intermodal transport in the Netherlands""; ""Annex Table A3. Intermodal transport in the Netherlands""; ""Annex Table A4. Freight facilities grants""; ""Annex Table A5. Track access grants""; ""Annex Table A6. Unitised/containerised tonnage imported or exported via the Channel Tunnel, 1996""; ""Annex Table A7. Unitised/containerised automotive and other tonnage imported or exported...""
  • ""Annex Table A8. Breakdown of inland water freight by type""""List of Figures""; ""Figure A1. Relationship between freight tonne-kilometres and GDP""; ""Figure A2. Relationship between vehicle-kilometres and GDP""; ""Intermodal Freight Transport: Institutional Aspects - Executive Summary""; ""Background and tasks""; ""Definition of intermodalism""; ""Modal approaches are necessary prerequisitesâ€? but not sufficient""; ""Different approaches can be taken, depending on governmental involvement in transport ownership/p...""; ""Policy instruments""
  • ""Communication between intermodal transport policy units and other actors""""Performance-based outcomes""; ""Identification and removal of impediments""; ""Chapter 1. The Project""; ""Background and tasks""; ""Definition""; ""Definition""; ""Chapter 2. Intermodal Transport Challenges""; ""Introduction""; ""Why promote intermodal policies?""; ""Measuring the extent of intermodalism""; ""Quantitative performance indicators""; ""Table 1. Intermodal transport in the Netherlands""; ""Table 2. Intermodal transport in Canada""; ""Table 3. Intermodal transport in the Czech Republic""
  • ""Table 4. Intermodal freight transport in the United Kingdom""""Table 5. Intermodal transport in Japan""; ""Table 6. EU Intermodal freight transport""; ""Qualitative performance indicators""; ""Specific problems concerning intermodal transport""; ""Europe""; ""North America""; ""Japan and the Asia-Pacific region""; ""Chapter 3. Policies, Organisational Structures and Instruments: An Overview""; ""Introduction""; ""Intermodal policy statements""; ""Table 7. Explicit objectives of national governments with respect to intermodal transport""; ""Organisational structures""; ""Instruments""
  • ""Legislation and regulations""