Transport Decisions: Factors in Selecting Modes of Transportation

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What is the primary goal of traffic management?

To maximize profits for transportation companies
To enable and secure the disturbance-free and environmentally safe fulfillment of the transport demand at lowest costs (correct)
To reduce environmental impact of transportation
To minimize the number of traffic accidents

What are the main topics of traffic technique according to the text?

Traffic control and traffic safety
Both (a) and (b) (correct)
Freight rate, reliability, and transit time
Development, planning, construction and realization of traffic routes, traffic networks and public transport systems

What is the relationship between traffic management and traffic politics according to the text?

They are completely separate and unrelated
Traffic management is a subset of traffic politics
Traffic politics plans and initiates the building of new traffic networks, while traffic management cares for safe, fast and efficient traffic flows through existing networks (correct)
Traffic politics is a subset of traffic management

What is the main focus of traffic scientists?

Investigating the traffic flows of goods, persons and transport means between anonymous sources and sinks (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a responsibility of traffic management in the text?

Maximizing profits for transportation companies (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between traffic management and logistics according to the text?

Traffic management is a sub-field of logistics (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of traffic economy?

Safe and economic utilization of traffic networks and public transport (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the tasks of logistic research mentioned in the text?

Implementing strategies to increase transport demand and traffic volume (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is required for a fair solution to the tasks of logistic research?

Independency of logistic research from particular interests (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the fundamental responsibilities of traffic managers mentioned in the text?

Route planning and optimization (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary responsibility of a traffic department according to the text?

Overseeing day-to-day shipping operations (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following activities is NOT listed as a fundamental responsibility of traffic managers?

Marketing and sales (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a primary concern of traffic economics?

Studying the structure and operation of traffic networks and transport systems (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the goal conflicts between transport and traffic discussed in the text?

Transport companies prioritize individual goals over societal goals (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is a prerequisite for efficient transport between economic actors, according to the text?

Safe traffic networks and public transport systems with sufficient capacities (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is a prerequisite for investments in traffic networks and public transport systems?

Adequate traffic flows and sufficient user frequencies (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a topic studied by traffic economists, according to the text?

Environmental impact assessments of transport systems (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between transport and traffic, as described in the text?

Transport and traffic are interdependent, with each influencing the other (B) Signup and view all the answers