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UNESCAP Working Paper Series: Longer Combination Vehicles for Asia and the Pacific Region: Some Economic Implications

Author(s): Philipp Nagl

Economic Sector(s): (1) Global, regional and multisectoral economic and social development strategies and policies; (2) Road transport

ESCAP Reference No.: WP/07/02

Division/Office: Macroeconomic Policy and Development

Published Date: January 2007

Country: {Non-country Specific Publication}

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Road transport is the most important mode of freight transportation in terms of transportation output in almost all countries in the world, in particular in Asia and the Pacific region. For many years, the dimensions of road vehicles for freight transport have remained fixed, although road infrastructure in many countries has improved considerably and technical progress in vehicles has made them safer, quieter and more powerful. However, a number of countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States of America, have successfully demonstrated the use of road vehicles with extended dimensions for freight transport. Longer combination vehicles or vehicles with extended length and weight limits have the potential to make freight transport more efficient and environmentally friendly. The objective of this paper is to analyze the economic implications of permitting the use of longer combination vehicles.

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CONTENTS

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1. Introduction

2. Increasing the productivity of transport systems

2.1 General consideration

2.2 Economies of scale of transport vehicles

3. Road transport vehicles

3.1 Classifying road freight vehicles

3.2 Standards for intermodal transport (containers)

3.3 Longer combination vehicles (LCV)

4. Impacts of the introduction of longer combination vehicles (LCV)

4.1 Lower external effects of road freight transport through longer combination vehicles

4.2 Effects of the permission of longer combination vehicles (LCV) on common carriers

4.3 Dynamic effects of LCV

5. Application of longer combination vehicles (LCV) in the UNESCAP region

5.1 General considerations

5.2 Case study: Connecting Chinese Guanlan Intermodal container depot (ICD) with seaports

6. Conclusion

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