Summary of some of the reports presented at a transport research conference in Linkoping on 10-11 January 1989. In the area of freight transport researchers and specialists dealt with the use of resources and transport solutions in international shipments, rail freight transport, European examples of combined transport organization and the need for reloading terminals for rail/truck transport. The economics and methodology of materials administration covered transport planning, route planning, network construction and using computers in transport planning. The joint responsibility of highway maintenance authorities and highway users for road maintenance included talks on optimal tires for heavy vehicles, the influence of different parameters on transport system costs, traffic safety and road surface properties as well as analyzing speed and road conditions. Other speakers discussed transport policy and the national economy, pricing mass transit, illusions in Swedish railroad policy, the price sensitivity of gasoline demand, investment planning by highway authorities and a proposed alternative or supplement to object analysis. A workshop was held on urban traffic problems, including discussions of what limiting car traffic means and the evaluation of standard factors in mass transit.
VTI's (Statens Vaeg- och Trafikinstitut's) och TFB's (Transportforskningsberedningen's) Forskardagar del 2 (Linkoping Conference Proceedings, Part 2)
1989
268 pages
Report
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Englisch