Managing urban freight transport in an expanding city — Case study of Ahmedabad

Swamy, Shivanand; Baindur, Deepak

doi:10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.06.010

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“…However, it should be noted that over-crowdedness by trucks on expressways is not a phenomenon that is specific to Japan. Similar situations prevail in Europe (Heinitz and Hesse, 2009;Carrese et al, 2014), in the US (Higgins et al, 2015), and developing countries such as India (Swamy et al, 2014).…”

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Decisions on truck parking place and time on expressways: an analysis using digital tachograph data

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With the objective of deriving useful insights into measures against traffic congestion at service areas (SAs) and parking areas (PAs) on expressways and ensuring efficient use of SAs/PAs, this study investigated the decisions on where a truck is parked (i.e., choice of an SA or a PA), how long it is parked (i.e., parking time), and their influential factors. To this end, this study used the trajectory data of 1,600 trucks recorded in six-minute intervals by in-vehicle digital tachographs on the Sanyo and Chugoku Expressways in Japan from October 2013 to March 2014. First, the aspect of repeated choice of each truck (i.e., habitual behavior) toward a specific SA/PA was clarified. Next, a multilevel discrete-continuous model (Type II Tobit model) was developed to reveal the factors affecting the above decisions. The modeling results confirmed the existence of habitual behavior and showed that trucks were more likely to be parked a longer time at an SA/PA when it is closer to the destination. It appears that truck drivers may adjust their time at the SA/PA close to the destination to comply with the arrival time, which is often predetermined by the owner of the transported goods. Furthermore, the availability of restaurants and shops, and the number of parking spaces available for trucks and trailers are important determinants of parking time, whereas the existence of a convenience store is important to the choice of the SA/PA. Parking experience has an extremely strong positive effect on the parking choice and use. Moreover, increasing the number of parking lots may induce its longer use.

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“…The first hypothesis rejected "H2.4" stipulated that the balance between the supply of transport and the demand for movement of goods in the city has a positive influence on the control of flows. 0,7190 0,7250 0,0730 9,8382*** Validated *** Significant at 1%; ** Significant at 5%; * Significant 10% This hypothesis is based on the work of (Swamy & Baindur, 2014;Marcucci et al, 2015) who mentioned that the flow control passes through the guarantee of a balance between the offer that designates the all the infrastructure networks devoted to travel and their exploitation and the demand that represents the movement of goods in the city. Indeed, the analysis of the equilibrium is based on the analysis of demand and that of supply.…”

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“…Indeed, the analysis of the equilibrium is based on the analysis of demand and that of supply. The first relates to the commercial structure of the city and to all the movements generated by social and economic activities (Swamy and Baindur, 2014). The second concerns the capacity and size of the road infrastructure, which depends on the mode of organization and guides parking practices (Marcucci et al, 2015).…”

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A study framework for assessing the performance of the urban freight transport based on PLS approach

Moufad

Jawab

2019

AoT

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The urban freight transport (UFT) is an important component of the urban logistics. It represents a driving force for the economic dynamics and attractiveness of a city. It can be treated as all movements of goods necessary for the economic activities, the institutions and the residents of urban life. Through, it faces with problems relating to the congestion, unsafety, atmospheric and noise pollution that constrain its performance and hinder its development. This performance is a complex subject on which a great deal of research has emerged in the last decade. Accordingly, this paper aims to develop a model for assessing the performance of the UFT. The objective is to identify the determinants of the performance of the urban freight transport and measure the impact of each factor. Therefore the first part of this article concerns the elaboration of the model and the formulation of the hypotheses. First, an overview of the factors that could influence the performance of the UFT was identified based on a literature review. The result of this step allowed to model, by mobilizing the GRAI grid (Graph of results and interrelated activities), the UFT system in order to release the decisional links between these factors. Then, the grid will be decomposed into hypotheses explaining the relations between the factors and the performance of the UFT. The formulation of each hypothesis will be based on all the theoretical works that have treated it. The second part includes the empirical study to test the model using the partial least squares (PLS) analysis. Therefore, we conducted a survey among managers and users of the UFT in the city of Fez. A hypothetico-deductive approach has been used with a sequential methodological complementarity between qualitative analysis for exploratory purposes and the support of quantitative analysis for confirmation. The results of the test, confirm a significant influence of the identified factors on the UFT performance. The practical scope of this paper is to provide a decision-making framework for urban management department explaining the impact of these factors on the UFT performance.

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“…As a core facility for logistics activities, some researches have shown that storage facilities are closer to the edge of city commercial centers, such as the empirical studies in Ahmedabad, India, and Beijing, China. Limited by available land, storage facilities are still dispersed to suburbs [7,18,20]. 3The suburbanization of logistics activities has led to a reduced ability in rapid distribution, and some logistics companies have chosen to recentralize their locations.…”

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“…In the metropoles of developing countries such as India and Brazil, transportation planning focuses more on passenger transportation and intercity freight, and less attention is paid to logistics demands within the cities. The insufficient planning of city logistics space makes it difficult to deal with the "last mile" distribution [6][7][8][9].…”

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Sustainable Distribution Organization Based on the Supply–Demand Coordination in Large Chinese Cities

Liu

Xiao-yuan

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In large Chinese cities, inefficient logistics organization, a rapid increase in freight demand, and the spreading of city logistics space have jointly contributed to the urban problems related to goods movement, such as spatial conflicts, traffic congestion, and air pollution. To address these problems and improve urban sustainability, we proposed a new spatial organization model of supply–demand coordination. We used the data from the Third China Economic Census and online point-of-interest (POI) for China’s four direct-controlled municipalities and 13 sub-provincial cities. We found that: (1) the freight supply and demand in China’s large cities are both spatially decentralized and clustered. However, there is a significant spatial mismatch between freight supply and demand in most of the studied cities. (2) The 17 studied cities can be divided into three types—highly unbalanced, unbalanced, and balanced—in light of the spatial mismatch between freight supply and demand. (3) The capacities of road surface and logistics nodes spatially differ. The supply capacity of the road systems in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou can only accommodate 18.4%, 35.5%, and 32.2% of the demand, respectively, while the supply capacity of the logistics nodes is more than twice that of the actual demand in these cities. Based on the findings, this paper proposed a differentiated method of demand management in different areas of the cities. To achieve the goals of low-carbon and sustainable development in logistics distribution, policy makers may consider planning urban freight activities along metro lines and intercity rail lines. Thus, this paper will provide a new perspective for understanding the urban freight distribution and management in large Chinese cities.

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Managing urban freight transport in an expanding city — Case study of Ahmedabad

Cited by 17 publications

References 3 publications

Decisions on truck parking place and time on expressways: an analysis using digital tachograph data

Decisions on truck parking place and time on expressways: an analysis using digital tachograph data

A study framework for assessing the performance of the urban freight transport based on PLS approach

Sustainable Distribution Organization Based on the Supply–Demand Coordination in Large Chinese Cities

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