Title :
Key factors in road-rail mode choice in India: applying the logistics cost approach
Author :
Cook, Peter D. ; Das, Sanjay ; Aeppli, Andreas ; Martland, Carl
Author_Institution :
GIS-Trans Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, USA
Abstract :
There have been major changes in the share of road and rail traffic in India as the economy and the population has grown and become more urbanized. This paper summarizes the key factors for mode choice in freight transport that were found in India in a recent survey based on the logistics cost model of shipper behavior. Both the relative importance of these factors and customer rating of satisfaction is presented
Keywords :
financial data processing; goods dispatch data processing; logistics data processing; rail traffic; road traffic; India; customer satisfaction rating; freight transport; logistics cost approach; rail traffic; road traffic; road-rail mode choice; shipper behavior; Acceleration; Agriculture; Costs; Economic indicators; Iron; Logistics; Metal product industries; Metals industry; Rail transportation; Road transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1999 Winter
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5780-9
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.1999.816854
