Improving Intercity Freight Routing with a Tactical Planning Model

Jacques Roy and Teodor Gabriel Crainic
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Jacques Roy: Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, succursale A, Montréal, Canada H3C 3J7, and Département des sciences administratives, Université du Québec à Montréal, CP 6192, succursale A, Montréal, Canada H3C 4R2
Teodor Gabriel Crainic: Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, succursale A, Montréal, Canada H3C 3J7, and Département des sciences administratives, Université du Québec à Montréal, CP 6192, succursale A, Montréal, Canada H3C 4R2

Interfaces, 1992, vol. 22, issue 3, 31-44

Abstract: Routing decisions play an important role in managing the operations of LTL motor carriers. They strongly interact with service and terminal operation policy choices and are particularly sensitive to variations in demand. We conducted several studies with large Canadian carriers, using a network optimization based methodology for tactical planning of freight transportation that we developed. We obtained results that illustrate the complexity of the routing decisions and the importance of tactical analysis and planning for the efficiency of intercity freight transportation.

Keywords: transportation: road; networks/graphs: applications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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