The Trade-Off between Road and Railroad Freight Transport – Cost Benefit Analysis for Slovenia

Abstract

absTracT: The choice of transportation mode for freight transport has a profound effect on logistics companies, infrastructure providers and society as a whole. The efficiency of freight transport is important because it has a profound effect on several economic and environmental factors. The paper analyses the costs difference between railroad and road freight transport. The stakeholder analysis is used to enable the identification of the in-terests of various groups. The government is identified as the focal stakeholder. The gov-ernmental decision support model that focuses on the Slovenian case of road and railway freight transport is proposed. The proposed model can serve the government with its deci-sion-making process when adopting policies that concern road and railroad transport such as subsidies or increased road tolls in order to promote railroad transport.