MOBILITY OF PEOPLE AND GOODS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT FACILITATION OF URBAN GOODS MOVEMENT

Field data and interviews performed indicate that goods movement in the city center is constrained by several factors, and distinct goods-movement patterns were identified and documented. For typical downtown land uses, goods activity, truck activity, internal distribution and other facets of goods distribution were evaluated. These evaluations documented several aspects of downtown goods movement including: trip generation rates, operating characteristics, parking patterns, dwell-time components, goods descriptions, delays, arrival patterns, engine idling, and others. Preliminary procedures are included to suggest methods of using the data in this report to facilitate local goods movement in downtown areas.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • (PC A06/MF A01)
• Corporate Authors:

  Polytechnic Institute of New York

  Department of Transportation Planning and Engineering, 333 Jay Street
  Brooklyn, NY  United States  11201

  Department of Transportation

  Office of University Research, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Crowley, K W
  • Habib, P A
  • Loebel, S A
  • Pienataro, L J
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 116 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Central business districts; Common carriers; Engine idling; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Fuel consumption; Highway traffic; Interviewing; Land use; Loading and unloading; Mobility; Parking; Traffic delays; Trip generation; Trucks; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: New York (State)
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo transportation; Central city; Loading procedures; Vehicular traffic
• Subject Areas: Energy; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00146463
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TR-74-503 Final Rpt., DOT/TST-75/102
• Contract Numbers: DOT-OS-30095
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 16 1981 12:00AM