Abstract:

Among the transportation modes, road has always been the mostpreferred form of transport mode due to having advantage of the timerequired for the infrastructure. However, it has the highest share in thepercentage of transportation-related emissions, noise and visual pollution,fatalities and accidents with injuries. Minimizing the adverse effects thatcaused by the road is always on the transport strategy of most of thedeveloped and developing countries. It was agreed in the studies that thecurrent demand and the adverse effects caused by the volume of roadtransport can be reduced by shifting demands to the other modes oftransportation.Combined transportation taking into consideration the geographicalconditions that contains a large part of the sea and railway in transportchain is the optimum solution for the transfer of road transport demand togreener mode. Turkey is in an advantageous position with its peninsularstructure in terms of combined transport. Combined transportation with sea,rail and road could be utilized even for parallel transportation of goods.Although it has potential in Turkey, combined transportation has notdeveloped much yet. In this study, short haul sea transport and combinedtransport mode as an alternative to highway transport mode, is comparedwith road transportation in terms of emissions, fuel consumption,transportation time, transportation costs and the advantages of combinedtransport are highlighted.

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