LOADING AND UNLOADING OF GOODS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT

VARUMOTTAGNING I STADSMILJOE

At present, poor delivery conditions lead to several difficulties. The distribution becomes time consuming and expensive due to delays at unloading, loading and traffic congestion. The working conditions for the lorry drivers engaged in goods deliveries are sometimes extremely poor due to stress, noise, vehicle exhaust and heavy lifts. In order to improve these matters, the following recommendations are made: (1) improvements of geometric design standard of the loading bay and its ramps, (2) improvements of equipment for goods handling, (3) improvements of internal communications and (4) improvements of working environment. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportforskningskommissionen

  Grev Truegaten 12A
  Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1981

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 83 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Delivery service; Equipment; Traffic congestion; Urban goods movement
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 284: Delivery; 9016: Distribution (gen); 2455: Environment; 283: Freight; 741: Goods traffic; 9108: Improvement; 2885: Layout; 9137: Storage; 5414: Time; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349383
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Report/Paper Numbers: NRAPP1980:9 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM