Bringing alleys to light: An urban freight infrastructure viewpoint

Machado-León, José Luis; Girón-Valderrama, Gabriela del Carmen; Goodchild, Anne

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2020.102847

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“…In Figure 3 we classify parking space types where CVs might park into four typologies: authorized curb, unauthorized curb, travel lane, and others. About 85 km (52 mi) of curb space in downtown Seattle is allocated to (26). Figure 4 displays the observed driver parking choices given the parking typology described above.…”

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“…The final typology, ''Others,'' includes loading bays, garages, off-street parking lots, and alleys. Most alleys are only wide enough to accommodate a single lane, and therefore vehicles are at risk of being blocked if another vehicle is parked in the alley (26). Figure 4 displays the observed driver parking choices given the parking typology described above.…”

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“…Parking in the travel lane comes with the risk of blocking traffic and other vehicles parked at the curb. Parking in alleys is also risky, as the driver might get blocked by other vehicles, as most alleys are not wide enough to allow overtaking (26). Coopetition.…”

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Understanding Urban Commercial Vehicle Driver Behaviors and Decision Making

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Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation R

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As e-commerce and urban deliveries spike, cities grapple with managing urban freight more actively. To manage urban deliveries effectively, city planners and policy makers need to better understand driver behaviors and the challenges they experience in making deliveries. In this study, we collected data on commercial vehicle (CV) driver behaviors by performing ridealongs with various logistics carriers. Ridealongs were performed in Seattle, Washington, covering a range of vehicles (cars, vans, and trucks), goods (parcels, mail, beverages, and printed materials), and customer types (residential, office, large and small retail). Observers collected qualitative observations and quantitative data on trip and dwell times, while also tracking vehicles with global positioning system devices. The results showed that, on average, urban CVs spent 80% of their daily operating time parked. The study also found that, unlike the common belief, drivers (especially those operating heavier vehicles) parked in authorized parking locations, with only less than 5% of stops occurring in the travel lane. Dwell times associated with authorized parking locations were significantly longer than those of other parking locations, and mail and heavy goods deliveries generally had longer dwell times. We also identified three main criteria CV drivers used for choosing a parking location: avoiding unsafe maneuvers, minimizing conflicts with other users of the road, and competition with other commercial drivers. The results provide estimates for trip times, dwell times, and parking choice types, as well as insights into why those decisions are made and the factors affecting driver choices.

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“…Experiencing GBSs can be perceived as a way to improve the physical and mental health of visitors, which will further result in the alleviation of work stress and the enhancement of perceived happiness [5][6][7]. Urban parks are a type of urban green infrastructure with essential facilities that provide a sense of public well-being and quasi-public goods [8]. GBSs obtain functions that meet residents' multi-level needs and the diversity of physical activities of urban inhabitants [9].…”

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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Supply and Demand in Urban Parks along “Luck Greenway” in Fuzhou

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A sustainable urban park should have balanced green space (GS) supply and demand (SAD). A knowledge gap exists to reveal parameters that can indicate the relationship between the supply of GS services and the demand of public health needs. In this study, three primary indicators and 12 secondary indicators were selected to build a comprehensive evaluation system on SAD in the GSs of 14 parks along the “Luck Greenway” in Fuzhou. Parks were categorized and assessed for their ecological service functions, public health demands, and current public health needs. Remote evaluation and field survey were both used to collect data for quantifying functional supply and needs, respectively. It was found that factors, such as the fitness of sports service facilities, vegetation coverage, natural confluence, and mental health, impacted the comprehensive quality of supply services in urban parks. The unbalanced “multi-center” distribution of the coupled evaluation values revealed the mismatch in SAD. This study aimed to provide guidance on planning the health-promoting GS landscape by balancing SAD and maintaining ecological environment protection.

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“…This increase in the urban commercial vehicle fleet has not been met by a change in the urban infrastructure to support it 2 . Buildings in urban centers are often not equipped with suitable off-street loading/unloading bays, and carriers mostly rely on curb space to park and load/unload 3 . However, urban curb space is not only a limited resource, but it is increasingly becoming a multi-use domain: ridehailing vehicles, public transit vehicles, bicyclists, pedestrians, and commercial establishments, among others, claim use of the curb space 4 .…”

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Providing curb availability information to delivery drivers reduces cruising for parking

Chiara

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Delivery vehicle drivers are experiencing increasing challenges in finding available curb space to park in urban areas, which increases instances of cruising for parking and parking in unauthorized spaces. Policies traditionally used to reduce cruising for parking for passenger vehicles, such as parking fees and congestion pricing, are not effective at changing delivery drivers’ travel and parking behaviors. Intelligent parking systems that use real-time curb availability information to better route and park vehicles can reduce cruising for parking, but they have never been tested for delivery vehicle drivers. The current study tested whether providing real-time curb availability information to delivery drivers reduces the travel time and distance spent cruising for parking. A curb parking information system deployed in a study area in Seattle, Wash., displayed real-time curb availabilities on a mobile app called OpenPark. A controlled experiment assigned drivers’ deliveries in the study area with and without access to OpenPark. The data collected showed that when curb availability information was provided to drivers, their cruising for parking time significantly decreased by 27.9 percent, and their cruising distance decreased by 12.4 percent. These results demonstrate the potential for implementing intelligent parking systems to improve the efficiency of urban logistics systems.

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Bringing alleys to light: An urban freight infrastructure viewpoint

Cited by 13 publications

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Understanding Urban Commercial Vehicle Driver Behaviors and Decision Making

Understanding Urban Commercial Vehicle Driver Behaviors and Decision Making

A Comprehensive Evaluation of Supply and Demand in Urban Parks along “Luck Greenway” in Fuzhou

Providing curb availability information to delivery drivers reduces cruising for parking

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