A GPS Analysis for Urban Freight Distribution
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- 作者：Julio Comendador<sup>asup><sup> ; sup><sup>j.comendador@upm.essup> ; Marí ; a E. Ló ; pez-Lambas<sup>bsup> ; André ; s Monzó ; n<sup>bsup>
- 关键词：Light freight vehicles ; vehicle observation survey ; GPS data ; vehicle trip diaries ; cross-survey analysis ; city logistics
- 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：39
- 期：Complete
- 页码：521-533
- 全文大小：1546 K
文摘
Daily life in urban centers has led to increasing and more demanding freight requirements. Manufacturers, retailers and other urban agents have thus tended towards more frequent and smaller deliveries, resulting in a growing use of light freight vehicles (<3.5 ton). This paper characterizes and analyzes urban freight distribution in order to generate new ways of understanding the phenomenon. Based on a case study of two different-sized Spanish cities using data from GPS, a vehicle observation survey and complementary driver's interviews, the authors propose a categorization of urban freight distribution. The results confirm GPS as a useful tool that allows the integration of dynamic traffic assignment data and diverse traffic operation patterns during different day periods, thereby improving delivery performance.