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Title Value of Freight Time Variability Reductions: Results From a Pilot Study Performed on Behalf of the Swedish Transport Administration
Date Posted 2/3/2014
URL http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/170188.aspx
Description The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute published results from a pilot study highlighting the value of freight time variability reductions. This report is divided into two parts: Part One discusses the value of transport time variability (VTTV) and the value of transport time savings (VTTS), and Part Two lays out three approaches to calculate the VTTV for Swedish rail freight.

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