This edition of the FAL Bulletin provides an account of recent developments and trends in rail and urban transport and road maintenance in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Brazilian rail transport segment has received large investments and has undergone regulatory changes to increase the share of rail in cargo transportation in Brazil and reduce existing logistical bottlenecks in the ...

A seminar on competition and complementarity between road and rail transport in the carriage of freight was conducted at ECLAC Headquarters on 6-7 November 2001. The seminar was attended by experts on transport matters ...

This edition of the FAL Bulletin tells of recent events and trends in urban transport, railways and highway maintenance in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Due to the long train marshaling and complex line conditions, the operating modes in heavy haul rail systems frequently change when trains travel. Improper traction or braking operation made by drivers will increase the ...

Train-based systems are the principal means of public transportation in many of the world's cities, and continue to grow in the face of rising demand. Expanding infrastructure is costly, however, and at a certain point ...

This paper formulates and analyzes a new strategic model for freight rail transportation systems. The objective of the model is predicting equilibrium flows and levels of service, given origin-destination (O-D) transportation ...

In the Brazilian freight transportation matrix, road transport predominates, followed by rail and cabotage. As Brazil is a country with a large territorial extension, an efficient transport system is essential. In relation ...