Estimating Some Social and Environmental Effects from Rail/Road Substitution in the Trans-European Transport Corridors

  • Milan Janic
  • Tomislav Jovanović
Keywords: externalities, cost savings, freight transport, road/rail substitution, European corridors,

Abstract

This paper deals with estimating possible effects in terms of mitigating the social and environmental impacts which could be achieved by operating the rail freight train instead of the road truck services in the given Trans-European transport corridor during the specified period of time. In general, these impacts embrace noise, congestion, traffic incidents/accidents (Safety), and energy consumption and related GHG emissions (Greenhouse Gases). Each type of impact, specific to particular mode, is analyzed and modeled, thus enabling its quantitative estimation and intermodal comparison under the given circumstances. In particular, energy consumption and related GHG emissions and their costs have been under focus. The total costs of the above-mentioned impacts in the given case have also been estimated. Thus, they both represent a solid base for the assessment of the social-environmental feasibility of the future similar cases.

References

EC, (2008), Customer-driven Rail-Freight Services on a European Mega-Corridor Based on Advanced Business and Operating Models (CREAM), (different Deliverables), European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

EC, (2001), Real Cost Reduction of Door-to-Door Intermodal Transport (RECORDIT), DG VII- R&D Project, Integrated Transport Chains, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium

EC, (2009a), Rail Transport Accidents Decreasing in 2007, European Commission, EUROSTAT, Statistics in Focus 52/2009, Transport, Brussels, Belgium, p. 3

ERSO, (2007), Traffic Safety: Basic Figures 2007 - Heavy Goods Vehicles and Buses, European Road Safety Observatory, Safety Net, Transport, http://ec.europa.eu/transport/wcm/road_safety/erso/index.html

EC, (2005), Energy and Fuel Consumption from Heavy Duty Vehicles, COST 346, Final Report on the Action, European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research, Brussels, Belgium

Profilidis, V.A., (2006), Railway Management and Engineering, (3rd ed.), Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot, UK

CE Delft, (2008), Handbook on Estimation of External Costs in the Transport Sector, (Produced within the Study Internalization Measures and Policies for All External Cost of Transport (IMPACT)), CE Delft-Solutions for Environment Economy and Technology, Delft, The Netherlands

IFEU, (2008), Energy Savings by Light Weighting, Final Report, IFEU- Heidelberg, Germany, p. 61

IEA, (2009), CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion, Statistical Report, International Energy Agency, Paris, France, p. 530

EC, (2009), EU Energy and Transport in Figures, Statistical Pocket Book, Directorate General for Energy and Transport, Brussels, Belgium

How to Cite
1.
Janic M, Jovanović T. Estimating Some Social and Environmental Effects from Rail/Road Substitution in the Trans-European Transport Corridors. Promet [Internet]. 1 [cited 2024Oct.10];24(4):335-41. Available from: http://traffic.fpz.hr/index.php/PROMTT/article/view/438
Section
Older issues