Research Article

Evaluating the Rail-Based Multimodal Freight Transportation after HSR Entry in Yangtze River Delta Economics Zone

Table 3

The framework of the AHP-based index.

First levelSecond levelThird level

Regional distribution network (A)Multimodal transport infrastructure (A1)Public rail stations and railway links (A11)
Exclusive railway (A12)
Port shoreline (A13)
Highway density (A14)
Multimodal transport operations (A2)Public rail freight volume (A21)
Exclusive rail freight volume (A22)
Port throughput (A23)
Highway freight volume (A24)

Multimodal transport capability (B)Rail-water transport (B1)Rail-water transport volume (B11)
Water-water transport (B2)Water-water transport volume (B21)
Road-water transport (B3)Road-water transport volume (B31)
Road-rail transport (B4)Road-rail transport volume (B41)

Transport operational performance (C)Transport performance (C1)Multimodal transport delay (C11)
Multimodal transfer efficiency (C12)
Revenue of multimodal transport (C13)
Technical improvement (C2)Informatization (C21)
Availability (C22)
Safety control (C3)Ratio of accidents (C31)
Average compensation for every accident (C32)

Sustainability (D)Economic (D1)Improvement of market share (D11)
Environment (D2)Unit energy consumption (D21)
Social (D3)Policy implication (D31)