Jordan, William C.; Burns, Lawrence D. - In: Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 18 (1984) 6, pp. 487-503
Truck backhauling reduces empty truck-miles by having drivers haul loads on trips back to their home terminal. This paper 1) examines the impact on backhauling opportunities of terminal locations and directional imbalances in the flow of freight from the terminals, and 2) develops a method for...