Recently (after the Second Transport Structure Plan (SVVII) publication), there has been a growing interest in freight transport in Dutch national and regional transport policy. The Dutch Ministry of Transport has several models to ascertain the effects upon freight volume and structure of various developments in surrounding areas and policy measures. In the SVVII, a broad variety of policy goals and target scenarios has been presented which are being transferred into actual policy measures. If possible, the existing models are being changed so that they can evaluate the effectiveness of these policy measures. In some cases, however, new models will have to be developed in order to answer these new policy questions. This paper presents a number of models for freight transport, together with some simulation and forecasting results. These models are: (1) the Strategic Integral Logistics and Evaluation Model (SMILE); (2) the Transport Economic Model (TEM); (3) the Policy Analysis of Waterway management in the Netherlands (PAWN) model; (4) the Policy Information System for Inland Waterway (BIS-B); (5) the POllution Indicators Of Transport (POINT) model; (6) the traffic production model for inland waterway; and (7) the traffic assignment model for inland waterway.
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