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Commercial vehicle parking includes the parking behavior of commercial vehicles along the block face and in commercial vehicle loading zones.
Paper
Published: 2023
Journal/Book: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Summary:
Electric cargo cycles are often considered a viable alternative mode for delivering goods in an urban area. However, cities in the U.S. are struggling to regulate cargo cycles, with most authorities applying the same rules used for motorized vehicles or traditional bikes. One reason is the lack of understanding of the relationships between existing regulations, transport infrastructure, and cargo cycle parking and driving behaviors.
Electric cargo cycles are often considered a viable alternative mode for delivering goods in an urban area. However, cities in the U.S. are struggling to regulate cargo cycles, with most authorities applying the same rules used for motorized vehicles or traditional bikes. One reason is the lack of understanding of the relationships between existing regulations, transport infrastructure, and cargo cycle parking and driving behaviors.
Topics:
Bicycle Research: Cargo Bikes and Bike-Truck InteractionsCurb ManagementSurface Transportation
Bicycle Research: Cargo Bikes and Bike-Truck InteractionsCurb ManagementSurface Transportation
Keywords:
Commercial vehicle parkingTransport infrastructureInfrastructureCargo bikes (electric and e-assist)Policy
Commercial vehicle parkingTransport infrastructureInfrastructureCargo bikes (electric and e-assist)Policy
Article
Published: 2022
Journal/Book: American Planning Association | 2022 State of Transportation Planning
Summary:
At the time we are writing this article, hundreds of thousands of delivery vehicles are getting ready to hit the road and travel across U.S. cities to meet the highest peak of demand for ecommerce deliveries during Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the Christmas holiday season. This mammoth fleet will not only add vehicle miles traveled through urban centers but also increase parking congestion, battling with other vehicles for available curb space.
At the time we are writing this article, hundreds of thousands of delivery vehicles are getting ready to hit the road and travel across U.S. cities to meet the highest peak of demand for ecommerce deliveries during Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the Christmas holiday season. This mammoth fleet will not only add vehicle miles traveled through urban centers but also increase parking congestion, battling with other vehicles for available curb space.
Keywords:
Parking cruising behaviorReal-time curb visibilityCurb occupancyCurb productivityCommercial vehicle parkingCurbspace managementOpenPark (Parking occupancy application)
Parking cruising behaviorReal-time curb visibilityCurb occupancyCurb productivityCommercial vehicle parkingCurbspace managementOpenPark (Parking occupancy application)
Paper
Published: 2021
Journal/Book: Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Summary:
As ecommerce 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.
As ecommerce 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.
Topics:
Curb ManagementThe Final 50 Feet of the Urban Goods Delivery SystemLogistics and Supply ChainSurface Transportation
Curb ManagementThe Final 50 Feet of the Urban Goods Delivery SystemLogistics and Supply ChainSurface Transportation
Keywords:
Dwell timeCommercial vehicle and truck movementsUrban freight distributionParking decision-making and parking choiceCommercial vehicle parkingDriver behavior
Dwell timeCommercial vehicle and truck movementsUrban freight distributionParking decision-making and parking choiceCommercial vehicle parkingDriver behavior
Paper
Published: 2020
Journal/Book: Transport Policy
Summary:
Parking cruising is a well-known phenomenon in passenger transportation, and a significant source of congestion and pollution in urban areas. While urban commercial vehicles are known to travel longer distances and to stop more frequently than passenger vehicles, little is known about their parking cruising behavior, nor how parking infrastructure affect such behavior.
Parking cruising is a well-known phenomenon in passenger transportation, and a significant source of congestion and pollution in urban areas. While urban commercial vehicles are known to travel longer distances and to stop more frequently than passenger vehicles, little is known about their parking cruising behavior, nor how parking infrastructure affect such behavior.
Report
Published: 2019
Summary:
Vehicles of all kinds compete for parking space along the curb in Seattle’s Greater Downtown area. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) manages use of the curb through several types of curb designations that regulate who can park in a space and for how long.
Vehicles of all kinds compete for parking space along the curb in Seattle’s Greater Downtown area. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) manages use of the curb through several types of curb designations that regulate who can park in a space and for how long.
Keywords:
CVLZ (Commercial Delivery Load Zone)Driver behaviorParking resource allocation optimizationInfrastructureCurb occupancyCurb usageCommercial vehicle parkingCurbspace management
CVLZ (Commercial Delivery Load Zone)Driver behaviorParking resource allocation optimizationInfrastructureCurb occupancyCurb usageCommercial vehicle parkingCurbspace management
Paper
Published: 2019
Journal/Book: International Journal of Transport Development and Integration
Summary:
Commercial heavy vehicles using urban curbside loading zones are not typically provided with an envelope, or space adjacent to the vehicle, allocated for loading and unloading activities. While completing loading and unloading activities, couriers are required to walk around the vehicle, extend ramps and handling equipment and maneuver goods; these activities require space around the vehicle.
Commercial heavy vehicles using urban curbside loading zones are not typically provided with an envelope, or space adjacent to the vehicle, allocated for loading and unloading activities. While completing loading and unloading activities, couriers are required to walk around the vehicle, extend ramps and handling equipment and maneuver goods; these activities require space around the vehicle.
Keywords:
Loading and unloading operationsLoading and unloading zones and infrastructureVehicle envelopesPolicyCommercial vehicle parkingCurbspace management
Loading and unloading operationsLoading and unloading zones and infrastructureVehicle envelopesPolicyCommercial vehicle parkingCurbspace management
Related Research Project:
Developing Design Guidelines for Commercial Vehicle Envelopes on Urban Streets
Developing Design Guidelines for Commercial Vehicle Envelopes on Urban Streets