How Do Urban Policies Work on Urban Goods Transport Flows?

This paper concerns the implementation of a specific urban freight model, initially ordered by the French Transport Ministry, for analyzing and comparing the outputs of a few simulations derived from various scenarios. These scenarios are based on appropriate assumptions on possible evolutions over a twenty years period in the field of urban logistics, in order to control the urban freight flows regarding the purpose a sustainable development. A reference scenario takes into account the general trends observed in France between 1982 and 1999, concerning the number of premises and jobs in the different economic activities, the number and types of goods vehicle, the structure of operating and organizational modes and the freight flows including the household purchasing trips. According to the reference scenario, it becomes possible to compare and understand urban goods movement changes, by implementing the model introducing variations, such as activity relocation or urban distribution centre whose impacts concern not only the freight flows themselves but also the whole urban logistics organization. In this way our approach is policy oriented for local authorities.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

  Secretariat, 14 Avenue Berthelot
  69363 Lyon cedex 07,   France 
• Authors:
  • Ambrosini, Christian
  • Routhier, Jean-Louis
  • Toilier, Florence
• Conference:
  • 10th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Istanbul , Turkey
  • Date: 2004-7-4 to 2004-7-8
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Audiotape
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: 10th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commodities; Delivery service; Freight traffic; Freight transportation; Policy; Policy making; Trucks; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Freight flow
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01084979
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 28 2008 8:14AM