Estimation of Logit Models for Different Types of Freight in Urban Freight Transport: A New Discrete Choice Model Group for Istanbul

Aksoy B., Gürsoy M.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.1, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 1 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1139/cjce-2024-0369
  • Dergi Adı: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, Environment Index, Geobase, ICONDA Bibliographic, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Freight transportation plays a significant role in urban transport and contributes substantially to environmental issues due to the use of heavy vehicles. However, compared to passenger transport, decision-makers often overlook the impact of freight transport despite its contribution to congestion. Existing transportation studies mainly examine freight vehicle preferences at a general level, needing a comprehensive understanding of freight transportation. To address this gap, through the framework we propose in this study, we present a discrete modeling-based methodology to identify the factors that determine freight vehicle preferences for shipping and sender firms with the ultimate motivation of exploring the significant factors to ensure more efficient freight transportation. Two of the four freight model structures created gave outputs highly accepted in the literature. Interestingly, the findings deviated from the existing literature, revealing that the choice of freight vehicles is influenced by different packaging variables depending on the freight type being transported.