Behavioral Microsimulation Formulation for Analysis and Design of Off-Hour Delivery Policies in Urban Areas

This paper is aimed at gaining a better understanding of how to increase participation in off-hour deliveries by using behavioral microsimulation (BMS) of carrier–receiver interactions. BMS is used to study the effectiveness of policies such as time-of-day pricing and financial incentives to receivers in exchange for their acceptance of off-hour deliveries. The main components of this BMS are the simulations of receiver and carrier behaviors. The simulation of receiver behavior uses a discrete choice model to estimate receivers’ decisions to accept or reject off-hour deliveries. The simulation of carriers’ behaviors uses receivers’ decisions as an input for deciding whether to make off-hour deliveries along with a computation of the associated delivery costs. The analyses done revealed several key results: (a) tax deductions given to receivers in exchange for accepting off-hour deliveries and financial rewards to carriers making off-hour deliveries would increase participation in off-hour deliveries, (b) time-of-day toll surcharges have no major impact on increasing off-hour deliveries, (c) carriers located close to their urban customers are more likely to participate in off-hour deliveries because they can easily start to accrue the benefits from off-hour delivery operations, and (d) increased enforcement of parking fines for double-parking during regular hours could increase the number of carriers participating in off-hour deliveries.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.3141/2097-06
• Summary URL:
  • http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Behavioral+Microsimulation+Formulation+for+Analysis+and+Design+of+Off-Hour+Delivery+Policies+in+Urban+Areas&author=M.+Silas&author=J.+Holguin-Veras&publication_year=2009
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• Authors:
  • Silas, Michael A
  • Holguin-Veras, Jose
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 43-50
• Monograph Title: Freight Systems 2009
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
  • Issue Number: 2097
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Delivery service; Microsimulation; Off peak periods; Periods of the day; Pricing; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Behavioral models; Time of day pricing
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01128709
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309126137
• Report/Paper Numbers: 09-0597
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: May 19 2009 7:48AM