FREIGHT, GATEWAYS AND MEGA-URBAN REGIONS: THE LOGISTICAL INTEGRATION OF THE BOSTWASH CORRIDOR1: FREIGHT, GATEWAYS AND MEGA-URBAN REGIONS

摘要: The geography of freight transportation evolves at various scales, but it is increasingly acknowledged that flows occurring the local level are a result global and regional economic processes. Internationally, distribution networks have expanded, namely through division production, manufacturing consumption. This has been accompanied by growth quantity being shipped as well complication supply chains. Most this scale derived from strategic considerations where issues such production subcontracting planning choice hubs routes considered for implementing Locally, many activities concerned with modified new transport terminals centres in response to growing consumption imperatives fragmented From their traditional location around central areas prevalent port rail linkages, shifted peripheral locations road airport linkages more prevalent. mainly operational aimed servicing requirements well-known strategies just-in-time door-to-door. paper about intermediate, or regional, specific emphasis on one largest urban region world; Boston–Washington corridor (Bostwash). Transport corridors regions represent geographical systems interact. They dominant spheres distribution. Conceptual empirical evidence analyse relationships between terminals, provided.