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Table 3 Simulation results averaged over the 13 considered settings

From: Synchromodality in the Physical Internet – dual sourcing and real-time switching between transport modes

 

Transport mode

Share of

Total

Transport

Inventory

 

Choice Policy

Intermodal

Costs

Costs

Costs

(1)

Road transport

0%

100%

100%

100%

(2)

Slowing down

40.3%

98.9%

87.6%

110.4%

(3)

Intermodal rail

100%

100.5%

94.8%

151.8%

(4)

Speeding up

71.0%

97.6%

96.3%

109.6%

(5)

Parallel usage

51.3%

97.8%

97.0%

102.7%

 

of modes

    

(6)

Parallel usage and

75.0%

97.2%

96.0%

107.6%

 

real-time switching

    
  1. Synchromodal transport through the parallel usage of transport modes and/or real-time switching increases the share of intermodal transport, while keeping inventory costs under control. The combination of parallel usage and real-time switching enables a significant modal shift