Iran is one of the countries that has a transit advantage due to its geographical location. Iran is the crossing point of several international corridors that have created significant opportunities for the country, so that maximum use of them will lead to an increase in foreign exchange income and economic growth of the country. Therefore, it is necessary to study international corridors as one of the important subjects to take advantage of this situation. The current research has analyzed the potential of international transportation and cargo transit through the country by developing a corridor attractiveness measurement model. This research, using the corridor attractiveness model which includes the factors of cost, time, reliability, security, carbon dioxide emission, logistics performance index and globalization index, the attractiveness of corridors passing through Iran compared to competing corridors, for ten product groups and four hundred origin-destination and finally, by designing and analyzing scenarios, it has eva‎luated the effect of different software and hardware policies in changing the attractiveness of the corridors passing through Iran. The results of the current research show that the weakness of the routes through Iran, compared to other routes, is the cost and time of crossing the border. Also, the results of the research showed that improving the logistics performance index and increasing the share of rail mode in transit routes has the greatest effect on increasing the attractiveness of the routes. The simultaneous improvement of all criteria affecting the attractiveness of transit corridors changes their attractiveness between 5 and 9%, which is significant and impressive. The model built in this research is a flexible model that can be used in various researches. This model helps decision-makers and planners by using simple and accessible variables as a tool to identify corridors and inform them of their status.

محمد تمنايي , مهدي ابطحي فروشاني

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