[sustran] Re: rail vs road freight distribution

[K. Tsourlakis]

A little scrutiny can prove that motorways are an oxymoron per se. Indeed, road transport has advantage over rail transport where there are scattered movements (many sources and destinations with low loads). But motorways are always built along corridors with concentrated movements (few sources and destinations with high loads). So motorways are NEVER a good solution.

Agricultural products are rarely transported directly from fields to shops. Usually they are concentrated in warehouses near production areas, afterwards distributed to warehouses near consumption centres (i.e. cities) and from there distributed to the final consumption (stores). The central movement (between warehouses - the long one) is a concentrated movement, hence better implemented by rail.



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