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If the rail freight sector is to achieve the EC policy objective for a 50%% modal shift by 2050, it must capture a significant share of this high value freight market.
The analysis suggests that the emerging technologies presented in the survey (e.g. horizontal transhipment) have the capability to promote modal shift by directly strengthening the rail freight service offering, as an alternative to less sustainable modes such as road.
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This paper explores the relevance of local policies for sustainable modal shift strategies by conceptualising the links between urban planning and rail freight.
The main rationale to do so is that the most highly ranked companies or the companies located in the most highly ranked places can be approached and guided in their modal shift efforts by transport consultants.
The D‐RAIL study [9] forecasted future rail freight demand assuming three different scenarios: 1) Reference scenario - with no change to the infrastructure, policies and other trends of the current rail system; 2) White Paper High scenario - modal shift of 50%% by 2050; and 3) White Paper Low scenario - modal shift of 30%% by 2030).
Nearly 38% stated they expected partial achievement of the White Paper objectives for modal shift - specifically 22% by 2030 and 25% by 2050.
The sustainable mobility approach requires actions to reduce the need to travel (less trip; i.e. by ICT, internet shopping, teleworking and so on), to encourage modal shift (i.e. by transport policy measures), to reduce trip length (i.e. by land use and urban planning) and to encourage greater efficiency in the transport system [3].
Few measurable indicators are set on a strategic level, such as targeted modal shares, or a reduction of CO2, noise, pollutants or traffic accidents by modal shift.
An estimation of the effects of a modal shift to rail transport, by applying the world's 'best practice', shows a reduction in EU land transport GHG emissions of 20 30 %, compared with a 'business as usual' scenario.
About 38% of respondents stated the ability to assign a minimum amount of allocated time at terminal would go some way to achieving the EC targets for modal shift anticipating contribution towards a 15% shift by 2020 and 25% by 2050.
The combined score for each location, which allows ranking all entities on their modal shift potential, was then obtained by multiplying the location-specific V-score by the location-specific total affinity score (see Fig. 1).
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