The Future of Intermodal Freight Transport: Operations, Design and Policy

by Peter Nijkamp and Hugo Priemus

This book explores the great challenge of increasing the scope of intermodal freight transport. In view of the current dominant role of road transport and the increasing difficulties in coping with a growing number of vehicles in an efficient and sustainable way, intermodal freight transport could be considered a viable alternative. However, the book makes recognition of the fact that there is still a need to improve the performance of the intermodal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845422384
• ISBN13: 9781845422387
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"