Initiative 46: Mode Shift Program
Mode Shift Program |
Description: A shift of cargo flows from road to intermodal transport, using a combination of road and short sea shipping, inland waterways, rail or tricycles. |
Targeted mode: Urban Deliveries |
Geographic scope: City, Area |
Type of initiative: Freight Demand Management: Mode Shift Program |
Primary objective: Reduce congestion |
Expected costs and level of effort to implement: Mode shift programs require the management and facilitation of information access and exchange between large and small, public and private stakeholders across all business sectors and transport modes. Public-sector capital investments are required to provide sufficient facilities to support flexible multi-modal transport. Depending of the scope of the program, the implementation cost could be moderate to high. |
Advantages:
- Energy savings
- Reduce congestion
- Reduce fuel consumption
- Environmental sustainability
- Enhance safety
- Facilitate multimodal freight
- Particularly appropriate for heavy and non-perishable goods
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Disadvantages:
- Low probability for unintended consequences:
- May increase operational costs
- Require specific city and regional conditions
- Require integration of freight deliveries with current transportation system
- Only feasible where additional modes are present
- Require very high/high coordination among multiple stakeholders/jurisdictions
- Require incentives to foster a mode shift
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Examples:
- B- Line Sustainable Urban Delivery, Portland, Oregon
- Freight-Tricycle Operations in New York City, USA (Kamga and Conway 2012)
- “Cargo cycles” or electrically powered tricycles with a container implemented by La Petite Reine in Paris, France (TURBLOG 2009; C-LIEGE 2010)
- “MOVEBYBiKE” in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Urban rail used by Monoprix in Paris, France to distribute their goods to the stores (C-LIEGE 2010)
- Public transit used to move cargo: Greyhound Courier Express, Canada, USA; Matkahuolto, Finland; ic:kurier, Germany; A Way Express, Canada; Dabbawalas, India; CarGo Tram, Germany; Cargotram, Switzerland; Guterbim, Austria; Tramfret, France; City Cargo, The Netherlands; Garbage Subways, USA;San Diego Imperial Valley Railroad, USA (Cochrane 2012)
 Sources: Kanga and Conway 2012
 Source: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – CITE
 Source: Cochrane 2012 |
Related alternatives: 1. Vehicle Size and Weight Restrictions; 2. Urban Consolidation Centers; 3. Receiver-Led Delivery Consolidation Program |
References: MOSES 2001; C-LIEGE 2010; SUGAR 2011; Cochrane 2012; Kamga and Conway 2012 |
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