We analyse the potential for shifting freight transports to the railways in Western and Central Europe. This potential arises for large and concentrated freight flows over long distances of about 300 km or more. However, we show that there are only few such freight flows in Europe, and that they...

Le transport ferroviaire régional de voyageurs (SPNV) en Allemagne est animé, dix-huit années après la réforme ferroviaire de 1993, d’un réel dynamisme. Sur les quinze dernières années, les voyageurs ont augmenté de 43 % et les trains.km de 28 %. On dénombre plus de 30 opérateurs...

This article analyzes the concept of logistics networks in the context of behavioral freight transport modeling. Starting from the basic definition of networks, the different perceptions of networks in transportation science and logistics are worked out. The micro–macro gap, as a main...

The welfare effects of two policies that could promote intermodal services, investment grants for terminal operators and the internalisation of external cost are analysed. For this purpose, a market equilibrium model has been developed, covering the dynamic demand and supply interactions of...

This paper presents an agent-based approach to commodity transport modeling. It assesses the effects of behavior-oriented transport policy measures while taking complex logistics reaction patterns into account. It is structured by modules describing company generation, supplier choice,...

An approach is presented to model the formation of spontaneously emerging associations of freight transport actors. Those agglomerations of logistics actors could be referred to as colloidal structures. The proposed approach combines insights from physics and economics. Typical logistics...

The opening to competition in Germany's regional railway transport is interesting to investigate as some EU countries find it difficult to move towards the implementation of European Union Guidelines. In this paper, we investigate Leipzig's regional passenger railway services opening to...

Following European guidelines, railway in Europe is experiencing today competition within a complicated structure mixing historical national operators and newcomers. Some countries of the European Union, for example Germany, are welcoming this development of competitive pressures. Some countries...

Dans une première partie, les auteurs adoptent l'approche classique des effets externes et de l'internationalisation : après une description qualitative des nuisances des transports en milieu urbain, ils proposent une valorisation monétaire de ces nuisances, en précisant bien au préalable...

L'objectif de cette recherche est de montrer dans quelle mesure un transfert partiel de trafic routier constitue-t-il un avantage net pour la collectivité ? Faute de réelle imputation des effets externes, c'est à dire d'application du principe Pollueur-Payeur, c'est en effet la collectivité...