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Rail Transport System

2. Activities

 

On this page, the element "Activities" is presented.

Mindmap
System model - Activities von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heike Flämig, Dorothee Schielein (CC BY-SA)

 

As in the road transport system, goods mobility only arises when demand is stimulated by activities. The two most important points driving rail freight mobility are:

  • We as consumer drive the system.
  • The order is the steering medium.

Literature
Flämig, H., Sjöstedt, L., Hertel, C. (2002): Multimodal Transport: An Integrated Element for Last-Mile-Solutions? Proceedings, part 1; International Congress on Freight Transport Automation and Multimodality: Organisational and Technological Innovations. Delft, 23 & 24 May 2002.  (modification of Sjöstedt 1996)