Path Design and Planning and Investment and Construction Mode of Multimodal Transport Network Based on Big Data Analysis

Figure 6

Freight volume distribution in the slack season and busy season at different core nodes. Note that node 4 faces a far smaller volume in the slack season than in the busy season, reflecting the strong purposefulness and seasonality of freight shipment by the consignor. During the busy season, more multimodal transport vehicles should be managed and deployed at the core nodes. During the slack season, these vehicles should be reduced at the core nodes. This is a necessary strategy for the planning, investment, and construction of the multimodal transport network. Reasonable planning, investment, and construction could reduce the operation cost of the multimodal freight transport network and ease the irrational distribution of vehicles.