By connecting different modes of transport, a unique opportunity is made possible to boost efficiency and improve the quality of passenger transport. Air travel plays a strategically important role in this – particularly in ensuring both regional and international connectivity. Through the coordinated planning and integration of airports with rail and road networks, highly efficient transfer hubs can be created – streamlining transfer processes and ensuring seamless journeys. Such a system can be illustrated with an intermodal transport model.
The ‘Air travel in an intermodal context’ exhibit demonstrates how intermodal transport functions and highlights the possibilities of multimodal modelling. It offers a concrete insight into the opportunities and challenges of intermodality in air transport. Three areas are highlighted: the intermodal network model, use cases for intermodal modelling and the Linz-Vienna case study.
Using an intermodal transport model, DLR demonstrates the potential advantages for resilience, accessibility and environmental protection. A case study also examines the effects of banning short-haul flights and the resulting changes in passenger flows at transfer hubs (intermodal hubs). These insights allow DLR researchers to assess the current state of existing intermodal hubs, explore use cases for intermodal modelling and provide a detailed assessment of a real-world shift in intermodal transport.
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