Freight on Transit Delphi Study

• Main Author: Cochrane, Keith
• Other Authors: Roorda, Matthew J.
• Language: en_ca
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Freight; Public Transit; Delphi; Urban Goods; Freight on Transit; 0543
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/33386

The Freight on Transit Delphi Study was conducted to explore the concept of freight on transit – using public transit vehicles and infrastructure for transporting things other than people. Three rounds of web based surveys were conducted with a panel of 34 transportation experts to explore the main issues related to freight and transit integration and to build and evaluate potential freight on transit operations. Survey results were consistent with previous investigations and suggest that organizational disputes are a larger barrier to implementation than technical challenges. Traditional Delphi questions were used to determine the most important positive impacts, negative impacts, and challenges of moving freight on transit networks while survey responses combined with scenario building techniques were used to build and evaluate five potential freight on transit operating strategies using public transit networks in the GTHA.