GGR370H5 Lecture 7: GGR370 Lecture 7
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Any location where freight or passengers originate , terminate or are involved with a transport process. E -g . buses and cars delivering people to an airport , trucks hauling freight to rail terminals , rail bringing freightto docks to load onto a ship. Terminals act as obligatory points of transit by capitalizing on their geographic location within a greater network. Typically are intermediate locations to commercial flows point of transfer. " act as location of transshipment point of transit. " central or intermediary locations of commercial flows. Three characteristics that relate to the importance and the performance of a transportation terminal: location. Constrained by city e -g. port or airport ( zoning laws may prohibit the construction of certain terminals within the city. Connections to other terminals and commercial activity. The infrastructure of a terminal must satisfy current traffic flows in addition to projected future traffic flows. Improve ability to handle traffic flows and expand capacity.
