MOBILITY OF PEOPLE AND GOODS IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT: FACILITATION OF URBAN GOODS MOVEMENT, 1975

Report analyzing patterns and efficiency of truck pickup and delivery operations in downtown Brooklyn, N.Y., chosen for study as a representative central business district. Prepared by K.W. Crowley et al., Polytechnic Institute of New York. Presents data collected over the course of a year from on-site observations at areas primarily used for office buildings, apartment buildings, restaurants, grocery stores, department stores, and other retail stores; and from interviews with shippers, receivers, and carriers on goods movement problems and their causes. Contents: a) Narrative analysis with 37 tables and 11 charts on type and weight of vehicles; daily, weekly, and monthly trip distribution; parking patterns; commodities carried and size of shipments; and duration of stops, including time spent loading and unloading trucks and inside buildings; generally for 6 types of area, and b) Appendices, including facsimile site observation and interview forms. (TSC)

• Corporate Authors:

  Office of the Secretary of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Commodities; Consumer behavior; Freight traffic; Interviewing; Passenger transportation; Surveying; Surveying; Traffic flow; Travel patterns; Trucks; Urban transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Traffic patterns
• Old TRIS Terms: Urban/mass; User reactions
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00320327
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Statistical Reference File, TSC
• Report/Paper Numbers: One-Time
• Files: TSR, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 16 2003 12:00AM