Modal Choice between Rail and Road Transportation : Evidence from Tanzania

Rail transport generally has the advantage for large-volume long-haul freight operations. The literature generally shows that shipping distance, costs, and reliability are among the most important determinants of people's modal choice among ro...

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Main Authors: Iimi, Atsushi, Humphreys, Richard Martin, Mchomvu, Yonas Eliesikia
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733781504010382743/Modal-choice-between-rail-and-road-transportation-evidence-from-Tanzania
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spelling okr-10986-283492021-06-08T14:42:48Z Modal Choice between Rail and Road Transportation : Evidence from Tanzania Iimi, Atsushi Humphreys, Richard Martin Mchomvu, Yonas Eliesikia RAIL TRANSPORT ROAD TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE MODAL CHOICE Rail transport generally has the advantage for large-volume long-haul freight operations. The literature generally shows that shipping distance, costs, and reliability are among the most important determinants of people's modal choice among road, rail, air, and coastal shipping transport. However, there is little evidence in Africa, although the region historically possesses significant rail assets. Currently, Africa's rail transport faces intense competition against truck transportation. With firm-level data, this paper examines shippers' modal choice in Tanzania. The traditional multinomial logit and McFadden’s choice models were estimated. The paper shows that rail prices and shipping distance and volume are important determinants of firms' mode choice. The analysis also finds that the firms' modal choice depends on the type of transactions. Rail transport is more often used for international trading purposes. Exporters and importers are key customers for restoring rail freight operations. Rail operating speed does not seem to have an unambiguous effect on firms' modal selection. 2017-09-21T15:49:46Z 2017-09-21T15:49:46Z 2017-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733781504010382743/Modal-choice-between-rail-and-road-transportation-evidence-from-Tanzania http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28349 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8174 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Tanzania
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topic RAIL TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
MODAL CHOICE
spellingShingle RAIL TRANSPORT
ROAD TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
MODAL CHOICE
Iimi, Atsushi
Humphreys, Richard Martin
Mchomvu, Yonas Eliesikia
Modal Choice between Rail and Road Transportation : Evidence from Tanzania
geographic_facet Africa
Tanzania
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8174
description Rail transport generally has the advantage for large-volume long-haul freight operations. The literature generally shows that shipping distance, costs, and reliability are among the most important determinants of people's modal choice among road, rail, air, and coastal shipping transport. However, there is little evidence in Africa, although the region historically possesses significant rail assets. Currently, Africa's rail transport faces intense competition against truck transportation. With firm-level data, this paper examines shippers' modal choice in Tanzania. The traditional multinomial logit and McFadden’s choice models were estimated. The paper shows that rail prices and shipping distance and volume are important determinants of firms' mode choice. The analysis also finds that the firms' modal choice depends on the type of transactions. Rail transport is more often used for international trading purposes. Exporters and importers are key customers for restoring rail freight operations. Rail operating speed does not seem to have an unambiguous effect on firms' modal selection.
format Working Paper
author Iimi, Atsushi
Humphreys, Richard Martin
Mchomvu, Yonas Eliesikia
author_facet Iimi, Atsushi
Humphreys, Richard Martin
Mchomvu, Yonas Eliesikia
author_sort Iimi, Atsushi
title Modal Choice between Rail and Road Transportation : Evidence from Tanzania
title_short Modal Choice between Rail and Road Transportation : Evidence from Tanzania
title_full Modal Choice between Rail and Road Transportation : Evidence from Tanzania
title_fullStr Modal Choice between Rail and Road Transportation : Evidence from Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Modal Choice between Rail and Road Transportation : Evidence from Tanzania
title_sort modal choice between rail and road transportation : evidence from tanzania
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/733781504010382743/Modal-choice-between-rail-and-road-transportation-evidence-from-Tanzania
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