The phrase 'freight transportation mode' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the mode of transportation (truck, train, boat, airplane, etc.) used to transport cargo. For example, "The company decided to switch to a rail-based freight transportation mode in order to reduce their carbon footprint."
Road and rail have been the dominant freight transportation modes for decades and such a dominant pattern will not be significantly altered in the foreseeable future.
Yang et al. ([2010]) proposed a freight transportation model with mixed uncertainty of randomness and fuzziness.
Some of the papers we reviewed that were related to intermodal freight transportation introduced models to facilitate mode changes under some circumstances; however, they did not address coordination challenges.
Bicycle couriers are a mode of freight transportation that has been increasing in popularity in recent years, and many cities have at least one courier service operating in their centre.
Railroads are a major mode of freight transportation, although highways carry a progressively larger share of freight.
The Burlington Northern project, to be called the CenterPoint Intermodal Center, will be the largest in the country that combines two or more modes of freight transportation.
It will expand freight transportation capacity by connecting with existing modes of road, rail and air transport.
Tan et al. [27] discuss a simulation model for a state-wide intermodal freight transportation network, with the objective to demonstrate interactions between transport modes under various intermodal policy changes.
Intermodal transportation is a type of multimodal freight transportation that uses an intermodal transport unit (ITU) (e.g. container) with no handling of the goods themselves between mode changes.
Multimodal transportation refers to passenger or freight transportation from an origin to a destination using two or more transportation modes.
