Monitoring urban accessibility for freight delivery services from vehicles traces and network modelling

Freight distribution in cities is increasing its role in road traffic, also for the internet shopping growth which is partially substituting the traditional customers goods purchasing. In 2016 the Italian e-commerce market was 19.6 billion, with a 18% growth compared with the previous year (Freight Leaders Council, 2017). As a result, goods need to be delivered directly to individual consumers, who live spread into the city, instead of arriving in bulk to selected store locations. This has an impact on the pattern of the goods transport demand, in particular on urban freight transportation, which includes the traditional shops deliveries. In cities usually affected by critical traffic conditions, high levels of urban freight activities may create additional problems in terms of congestion and environmental impacts. As confirmed in a recent study, deliveries have a significant impact on urban traffic in terms of congestion since they account for about 10-15% of kilometers traveled. hat are becoming mandatory for cities and metropolitan areas in European countries. Public Authorities are experimenting policies to control and manage the access in city center, with the expected aim of reducing air pollution, as well as to protect and enhance the historical center and monitor the land use. Such measures can be managed in the framework of SUMPs (Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans), available planning tools that are becoming mandatory for cities and metropolitan areas in European countries. The evaluation of such policies and their effects for users and stakeholders should be assessed, in current and alternative scenarios, by specific and measurable indicators. This monitoring part of the planning process and the impact of the implemented measures for city mobility is fundamental to promote actions which effectively contribute to the achievement of the expected benefits. The aim of this paper is to develop a method to measure the city accessibility for freight distribution services by the use of vans GPS traces. The accessibility was investigated through the travel time estimated along the most frequently used paths and the average speed to connect relevant zones in the city.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2019.09.067
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146519304831
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  • © 2019 Miriam Pirra et al. Published by Elsevier B.V. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Pirra, Miriam
  • Carboni, Angela
  • Deflorio, Francesco
• Conference:
  • mobil.TUM 2018 "Urban Mobility – Shaping the Future Together" - International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport
  • Location: Munich , Germany
  • Date: 2018-6-13 to 2018-6-14
• Publication Date: 2019

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 410-413
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Procedia
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 2352-1465
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/23521465/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Delivery service; Freight transportation; Global Positioning System; Mobility; Urban goods movement
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727067
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 2019 4:28PM