Based on our learning
last week, in establishing a terminal, there are many factors that have to be
considered. There are also many major attributes are linked with the importance
and the performance of transport terminals:
- Location
The major location factor of a transport terminal is
obviously to serve a large concentration of population and/or industrial
activities, representing a terminal’s market area. Specific terminals have a
specifics location constraint such as port and airport sites. New transport
terminal tend to be located outside central areas to avoid high land cost and
congestion.
- Accessibility
Accessibility to other terminal (at the local, regional and
global scale) as well as how well the terminal is linked to the regional transport
system is of importance. For instance, a maritime terminal has little relevance
if it efficiently handling maritime traffic but is poorly connected to its
market
- Infrastructure
The main function is to handle and transship freight or
passengers since mode and passengers or cargo are physically separated. They
have nominal capacity which is related to the amount of land they occupy and
their level of technological, labor and managerial intensity. Infrastructure
considerations are consequently important as they must accommodate current
traffic and anticipate future trends and also technological and logistic
changes.
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