Road Transport System
In this section you will learn more about the road
transport system. Road transport consists of different elements, which
will be explained to you according to the conceptual system model of
transport and traffic.
4. Road vehicles
Another element of the conceptual system model is called road vehicles.
There are many different models of road vehicles that can transport
different goods.
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The type and physical condition of the goods to be transported,
their dimensions and weights, their transport unit and the size of the
shipment determine the requirements for the transport container.
This so-called loading unit usually determines the choice of the movable for transport.
Recently,
small means of transport associated with less resource consumption and
pollution have started to play a greater role in industrialized
countries, but only on the last mile.
Some different types of road vehicles are listed below and some of them are shown in the figure "Road vehicles":
- trailer
- articulated vehicle
- road train
- quadricylemotor
- tricycles
- motorcycles and e-scooters
- mopeds and e-Bike
- bikes
- roboter
- per pedes
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If road vehicles are using the road infrastructure, traffic is
generated. It is not uncommon, that the capacity of the road is reached
due to the high transport volume. How the road capacity is determined in
general is explained below.
Traffic
The maximum
capacity of the road transport system is limited by the length of the
roads, the number of lanes and the permitted speed. The realized speed
is limited by the number of intersections or traffic lights respectively
their control and the number of vehicles on each road section.
If you want to see the traffic volume in Hamburg with numbers, feel free to visit this website:
There you can also find some statistics, e.g. a comparison of this year's traffic volume with last year's.
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)
TomTom International BV. (2021): Hamburg traffic. URL: https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/hamburg-traffic/ (last access: 30.03.2022)
TomTom International BV. (2021): Hamburg traffic. URL: https://www.tomtom.com/en_gb/traffic-index/hamburg-traffic/ (last access: 30.03.2022)