Duopsony. Two major buyers of a good or service in a market.
Dunnage. Packaging materials used to keep cargo in place inside a container or
transportation vehicle.
Dwell time. The time a vehicle (bus, truck, train, or ship) is allowed to load or
unload passengers or freight at a terminal. For freight op erations, it refers to the
amount of time cargo stays in a terminal yard or storage area while waiting to be
loaded. Dwell time can be operational, which reflects the performance of terminal
infrastructures
and management, including the scheduling
and availability of
transport services. It can also be transactional, which is usually linked with the
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performance of clearance procedures (such as customs). Finally, dwell time can be
storage related, implying that the owner or the carrier of the cargo deliberately
leaves the cargo at the terminal as part of a transport or supply chain management
strategy.
Dynamic routing. In demand-response transportation systems, the process of
constantly modifying vehicle routes to accommodate service requests received
after the vehicle began operations, as distinguished from predetermined routes
assigned to a vehicle.
Economic evaluation (also called Appraisal or Analysis)
refers to various
methods for determining
the value of a policy,
project or program to help
individuals, businesses, and communities make decisions that involve tradeoffs.
Economic evaluation is an important part of transportation decision-making.
Economies of agglomeration. The benefits of having activities locate (cluster) next
to another, such as the use of common infrastructures and services.
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