DELIVERY TRANSPORTS TO EXTERNAL SHOPPING MALLS AND INNER CITY SHOPS: A COMPARISON OF IMPACTS ON VEHICLE KILOMETRE AND ENVIRONMENT

VARUTRANSPORTER TILL EXTERNA KOEPCENTRA OCH INNERSTADSHANDEL: EN JAEMFOERANDE STUDIE AV EFFEKTER PAA TRAFIKARBETE OCH MILJOE

The aim of this project is to compare the environmental consequences of the delivery of everyday goods to shopping malls outside the city with shops located within the cities. The question to be answered is where the delivery of everyday goods from an environmental point of view is carried out most efficiently. The question is answered by measuring the number of deliveries and the volume of deliveries and calculating the differences in the fuel consumption and in the emissions of HC, CO, CO2, NOx the question is answered. In a first step the companies delivering to the city centre shops and to the shopping malls outside town in six cities were identified. In a second step the origins and the stops of the delivery routes were investigated as well as the volumes delivered to each shop. This data was stored in a Arc View database. A data based map including the national road system and the streets of the six case cities was created. The distances of each route were calculated. The conclusion of the analyses is that there is nothing indicating that the delivery is carried out more efficiently to any of these two destinations. The efficiency of the delivery is a function of the volume delivery at each stop and the distance of the delivery route. The size of the shops decides the delivered volume. The route distance is a consequence of the number of shops each deliverer has to serve and the location of these shops. (A)

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  Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

  Trafikplanering-Arkitektur, Fack
  S-402 20 Goeteborg 5,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • HAGSON, A
  • MOSSFELDT, L
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 51p+a p.
• Serial:
  • STACTH RAPPORT
  • Issue Number: 1998:3
  • Publisher: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
  • ISSN: 1400-1888

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Central business districts; Delivery service; Environmental impact analysis; Freight transportation; Fuel consumption; Land use; Location; Shopping centers
• ITRD Terms: 2452: Air pollution; 284: Delivery; 232: Fuel consumption; 741: Goods traffic; 2436: Impact study (environment); 356: Land use; 9061: Location; 320: Shopping centre; 311: Town centre
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768559
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 10 1999 12:00AM