Analyzing qualitative attributes of freight transport from stated orders of preference experiment

摘要: This paper examines the role that service quality factors play in transport decisions to better gauge effects of policies substitute rail and inland waterways for trucking. It employs a stated preference experiment with 20 Belgian managers firms employ at least people serve all industries destinations Europe. Revealed methods are not possible because lack data. The questionnaire used survey is described, along description six attributes define typical flow. Frequency, time, reliability, flexibility, loss cost make up model conditional logit coefficients common observations. general conclusion value give depend on many different factors, including type goods, distance time transport, internal external logistics firms, configuration network. authors suggest caution considering estimated values reliability other qualitative factors. They can vary among from market market. Efforts induce use should be focused markets best served by them.