The Impacts of Kunming-Bangkok expressway: Logistics Channel Analysis
Poon Thiengburanathum,Ruth Banomyong,Apichat Sopadang
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The Kunming-Bangkok expressway is expected as an important infrastructure in
this region. This logistics infrastructure functions as a land bridge between China and
the ASEAN countries, particularly in Thailand. Once the project is fully functional,
significant impacts can be anticipated, such as shifts of transportation mode, short and
long term of economic and cultural changes. A schematic model is presented in this
paper as a schematic decision making tools for evaluating transportation mode and route
selection. This model is grounded on Stochastic and Analytical Heretical Process (AHP)
techniques. The dimensions of cost, time, and reliability of service are integrated as key
performance indices of the logistics system. Each business type has different kinds of
requirements. The results show this expressway will be a major logistics channel
between Thailand and the Southern part of China.
