SPACE ALLOCATION GUIDELINES FOR OFF-STREET LOADING FACILITIES. ABRIDGMENT

This report summarizes the results of the third and final year of a study related to the facilitation of urban goods movement. The first year of study dealt with data acquisition, the second year developed and validated the methodology, and the third year sought to develop guidelines for the efficient allocation of curbside and off-street space for urban goods movement. Brief descriptions of the data sources and the developed methodologies and a detailed description of the guidelines with application examples for off-street loading requirements, primarily in downtown areas, are presented here. The basic premise in the space allocation guidelines is that goods movement is a part of a total transportation system. Space allocation for goods movement must recognize and accommodate other urban transportation needs. Consequently, the procedure in this space allocation model is to find the number of off-street berths that minimize total annualized cost in dollars for all impartial groups.

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  • This paper appeared in TRB Research Record No. 668, Freight Movement and Demand. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Urban Goods Movement. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Habib, Philip A
  • Crowley, Kenneth W
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 7-9
• Monograph Title: Freight movement and demand
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 668
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Freight terminals; Guidelines; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00189858
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 12 1981 12:00AM