An Examination of Commercial Vehicle Access to Residential Buildings in New York City

Recent growth in ecommerce has quickly impacted the distribution of parcel deliveries in urban areas, with residential deliveries accounting for a rapidly growing share of freight movement. Through field observation and development of a simulation model, this study aims to investigate the characteristics of parcel delivery activity in a heavily residential area of Manhattan, New York City, and to investigate the expected traffic impacts of double parking parcel delivery vehicles. Field observations revealed a number of unique characteristics of parcel deliveries and of individual carriers. Analysis of simulation results identifies two major conclusions: (1) different double parking location choice along the estimated corridor resulted in a corridor capacity drop of 6%-12%; (2) at moderate flow, the average parking duration was found to have a significant impact on vehicle delay along the corridor for some vehicles.

• Record URL:
  http://www.utrc2.org/sites/default/files/Final-Report-An-Examination-of-Commercial-Vehicle.pdf
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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/54561
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  City College of New York of the City University of New York

  Department of Civil Engineering
  160 Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031

  University Transportation Research Center

  City College of New York
  Marshak Hall, Suite 910, 160 Convent Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10031

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Chen, Quanquan
  • Conway, Alison
  • Devineni, Naresh
  • Cheng, Jialei
• Publication Date: 2019-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 38p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access; Delivery service; Electronic commerce; Field studies; Highway capacity; Package service; Parking; Residential areas; Simulation; Streets; Traffic delays; Urban goods movement
• Geographic Terms: Manhattan (New York, New York); New York (New York)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01730764
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: 49198–17 26
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 10 2020 3:50PM