Abstract
Population growth in cities and expanding city territory as well as population decline in rural areas pose a challenge for the existing transport network. Consequently, we observe a rapid change in transport infrastructure and transportation technology within the last few years. Due to novelty or differentness, it will initially be challenging to integrate them into the existing network in Western European cities and to identify suitable corridors leading to especially beneficial effects on the overall transport network. The effects of new technologies and (high-performance) infrastructures are hardly examined. It remains unclear how these novel transportation technologies will change society, our understanding of spatial proximity, mobility, and consequently the logistics sector. In this work, we give an overview regarding first considerations and reflections on the impacts of the changes and developments in the field of freight transportation. Our work mainly focusses on the estimation of the impacts of high-performance transport technologies on the society, spatial proximity, and the logistics sector while extending the European transportation network accordingly. In our understanding, we refer to high-performance transportation technologies as mobility systems with either high throughput (fast and/or high utilization loads) or very flexible application. To be more specific, we focus on Hyperloop technologies, Cargo-Sous-Terrain, freight airships, and drones.
Highlights
Contrasting developments regarding the population trends in cities and rural areas, meaning population growth in already dense areas and population decline in sparsely populated regions, require new approaches for passenger and freight transport
We focus in our work on Hyperloop technologies, high-speed trains, freight airships, and drones
Cargo-Sous-Terrain relies on a city hub concept, i.e., a logistics concept where a small depot is installed in the city center, while a large consolidation hub is established at the outer rim of the city
Summary
Contrasting developments regarding the population trends in cities and rural areas, meaning population growth in already dense areas and population decline in sparsely populated regions, require new approaches for passenger and freight transport. Uncertainties associated with developments in the transport domain make forecasts especially challenging since the effects of new technologies and (high-performance) infrastructures on society, the concept of mobility, and the logistics sector are practically unknown, even though test tracks for some of the transport options (e.g., Hyperloop) are already build. Hyperloop is regarded as environmental friendly, the knowledge on this technology is still very limited in this respect, and hardly any information on its effects on spatial, social, or economic structures is available It is for this reason that our research on intelligent network design (“inned”) explores the innovative and novel possibilities for environmental friendly transports in order to reduce CO2 emissions and negative environmental impacts that come along with growing global population and increasing urbanization. The structure of this paper corresponds to this work plan in consideration of the status of the project
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