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Freight transport in urban areas: issues for research and action

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a list of issues in URBAN-TRANSPORT, including the following: (1) Moving of URBANS: The present paper is meant to provide a thorough list of isSUES REQUIRING GOVERNMENT and RESEARCH ATTention for FREIGHT TRANSPORT in uRBAN areas.
Abstract: DURING 1967 THE RAND CORPORATION SPONSORED A SUMMER PROGRAM IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION. THE PRESENT PAPER, DERIVED FROM THAT PROGRAM, IS MEANT TO PROVIDE A THOROUGH LIST OF ISSUES REQUIRING GOVERNMENT AND RESEARCH ATTENTION FOR FREIGHT TRANSPORT IN URBAN AREAS. AFTER A BRIEF SUMMARY OF DEFICIENCIES IN THE EXISTING SYSTEM, THE PAPER TREATS FOUR MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS, AS FOLLOWS: (1) MOVEMENT OF URBAN FREIGHT (CHARACTERIZATION OF FREIGHT MOVEMENT, TREND ANALYSIS, FREIGHT-DEMAND MODELS FOR PREDICTING FUTURE FREIGHT MOVEMENT, SUPPLY-PERFORMANCE FUNCTIONS, COSTING METHODS, DATA REQUIREMENTS, FREIGHT TERMINALS AND INTERFACES, AUTOMATION OF SORTING AND ROUTING OF FREIGHT, INTERMODAL AND INTERCONTINENTAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES, CONTAINERIZATION, PALLETIZATION, LIGHTER- THAN-AIR VEHICLES, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND USES OF A NASA-LIKE FREIGHT-TRANSPORT ENGINEERING INFORMATION CENTER); (2) INTERACTIONS OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAFFIC (MUTUAL INTERFERENCE AND MEANS OF QUANTIFYING AND DESCRIBING IT; APPROACHES TO A SOLUTION, INCLUDING CONSOLIDATION OF FREIGHT ROUTES AND SHIPMENTS, SEPARATION OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAFFIC, DIVERSION OF FREIGHT-VEHICLE JOURNEYS FROM TIMES AND ROUTES OF HIGH CONGESTION, SHIFTING FREIGHT DELIVERIES AWAY FROM PEAK PASSENGER HOURS, MINIMIZATION OF CURBSIDE LOADING AND UNLOADING, AND INTRODUCING TRUCK PARKING SANCTIONS AND FEES; PROBABLE FUTURE INTERFERENCE; FREIGHT- PASSENGER VEHICLE COMBINATIONS; AND FREIGHT-PASSENGER TERMINAL COMBINATIONS); (3) URBAN FORM AND QUALITY (SOCIAL COSTS AND BENEFITS OF FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION, FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AS A USER OR URBAN LAND, AND FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION AS A TOOL IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT); AND (4) ROLES FOR GOVERNMENT IN URBAN FREIGHT TRANSPORT (APPLICATIONS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY, REGULATION, TARRIF SIMPLIFICATION, AND INTRAURBAN FREIGHT REGULATION).
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TL;DR: In this paper, a review and analysis of night delivery as a tool for managing vehicle traffic in high density central business districts of urban areas is presented, showing that although night delivery is practiced by few businesses, and has been suggested by several researchers as a means of traffic management, institutional restraint to its implementation is diverse, and is particularly strong among elected officials, the police, and labor unions.
Abstract: Presented is a review and analysis of night delivery as a tool for managing vehicle traffic in high density central business districts of urban areas. Data were collected in Washington, D.C., Denver, Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia, and San Francisco, California. The analysis revealed that although night delivery is practiced by few businesses, and has been suggested by several researchers as a means of traffic management, the institutional restraint to its implementation is diverse, and is particularly strong among elected officials, the police, and labor unions. Much of this resistance is due to the vested interest of those groups, rather than to the potential value of night delivery. Its unknown effect on the re‐election of public officials, extra enforcement requirements, adherence to a strong tradition of day‐time delivery among the unions, and the negative perception of all night work among union leadership, are the key institutional restraints. However, a universally transferable night delivery model is...

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01 Jan 2019
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a critical synopsis of the major matters that have influenced freight transportation over the past 30 years and the methods and models applied to those matters and highlight the research contributions of Dr. Kanaroglou to the field of freight transportation.
Abstract: The 1980s marked the beginning of tumultuous changes in transportation with the forces of deregulation and privatization undertaken by states across the globe. It also marks a time where computing power began its dispersion and ascension, contributing to significant developments in the models applied to transportation challenges. This chapter provides a critical synopsis of the major matters that have influenced freight transportation over the past 30 years and the methods and models applied to those matters. Through this synopsis, the research contributions of Dr. Kanaroglou to the field of freight transportation are highlighted. In the 1980s, studying freight transportation in the intercity and metropolitan context was not a high priority and nor was it politically important. “Freight matters”—in one meaning is a call for recognition, and this chapter argues the call has been answered, concluding with a discussion of exciting prospects for the future.

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01 Jan 1964
TL;DR: An experimental trend-predicting exercise covering a period extending as far as fifty years into the future, using a sequence of questionnaires to elicit predictions from individual experts in six broad areas: scientific breakthroughs, population growth, automation, space progress, probability and prevention of war, and future weapon systems.
Abstract: : This report describes an experimental trend-predicting exercise covering a period extending as far as fifty years into the future. The experiment used a sequence of questionnaires to elicit predictions from individual experts in six broad areas: scientific breakthroughs, population growth, automation, space progress, probability and prevention of war, and future weapon systems. Results of the experiment illuminate a number of points: the contents of the predictions themselves, the bases on which respondents claimed their predictions were made, the spread of expert views, the convergence of views following data feedback, the expert's critiques of each other's views, and not least of all, the weaknesses of the method and the possible means for improving it.

298 citations