Overall Impacts of Off-hour Delivery Programs in the New York City Metropolitan Area: Lessons for European Cities
This paper discusses the chief findings of the research conducted on policies to foster off-hour deliveries (OHD) in the New York City metropolitan area that estimated the overall impacts of an eventual full implementation of an OHD program. As part of the research, the team designed a system of incentives to the receivers of deliveries, combined with remote sensing monitoring based on Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled smartphones, to induce a shift of deliveries to the off-hours (7PM-6AM). The concept was pilot tested in Manhattan by 33 companies that switched delivery operations to the off-hours for a period of a month. At the in-depth interviews conducted after the test, the participants reported being very satisfied with the experience. This is the first real life trial of the use of financial incentives to receivers, as an alternative to road pricing schemes that target freight carriers. The analyses indicated that the economic benefits of a full implementation of an OHD program are in the range of $147-$193 million per year corresponding to travel time and environmental pollution savings for the regular hour traffic, and productivity increases to the freight industry. The pilot test also highlighted the great potential of unassisted OHD, i.e., OHD made without personnel from the receiving establishment present, as almost all the participants that used this modality decided to continue receiving OHD even after the financial incentive ended.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Abstract used by permission of Association for European Transport.
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Corporate Authors:
Association for European Transport (AET)
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Authors:
- Holguin-Veras, Jose
- Ozbay, Kaan
- Kornhauser, Alain
- Ukkusuri, Satish
- Brom, Matthew A
- Iyer, Shrisan
- Yushimito, Wilfredo F
- Allen, Brandon
- Silas, Michael A
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Conference:
- European Transport Conference 2012
- Location: Glasgow , Scotland
- Date: 2012-10-8 to 2012-10-10
- Publication Date: 2012
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 17p
- Monograph Title: European Transport Conference 2012
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Delivery service; Economic benefits; Environmental impacts; Freight traffic; Global Positioning System; Off peak periods; Productivity; Travel time
- Geographic Terms: New York (New York)
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Finance; Freight Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I15: Environment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01542519
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 29 2014 11:26AM