URBAN RETAIL DELIVERIES AND THE PROBLEM OF HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES IN TOWNS - A REVIEW OF SOME OF THE LITERATURE

A review is made of some of the literature concerning urban retail deliveries and the problems of controlling heavy goods vehicles in towns. Present methods of urban distribution are discussed, and the effects that attempts to alter these may have on private and public costs are examined. Some suggestions for further research are included, and a bibliography is given in order to provide a wider view of the literature that is available. (A) /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University, England

  Claremont Tower, NE1 7RU
  Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Northumberland,   England 
• Authors:
  • Smith, KJG
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 66 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University, England
  • Publisher: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University, England
  • ISSN: 0306-3402

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Bibliographies; Commodities; Costs; Delivery service; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Heavy vehicles; Physical distribution; Retail trade; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 8518: Bibliography; 224: Cost; 226: Cost benefit analysis; 284: Delivery; 9016: Distribution (gen); 283: Freight; 1078: Lock (waterway); 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00137073
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report No. 12 Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1977 12:00AM