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Abstract
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| Daily life in urban centers has led to increasing and demanding freight requirements. Manufacturers, retailers and other urban agents have thus tended towards more frequent and smaller deliveries, which results in a growing use of light freight vehicles (<3.5 ton). In this paper urban freight distribution is characterized and analyzed, seeking to generate new ways of understanding the phenomenon. Based on a case study of two different sized Spanish cities, with data from GPS, a vehicle observation survey and complementary driver?s interviews, the authors propose a categorization of urban freight distribution. Furthermore, the results confirm GPS as a useful tool that allows integrating dynamic traffic assignment data and diverse traffic operation patterns during different day periods, improving in such a way the delivery performance. | |
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International
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Congress
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7th International Conference on City Logistics |
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960 |
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Place
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Mallorca |
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Reviewers
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Si |
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Start Date
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07/06/2011 |
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End Date
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09/06/2011 |
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From page
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1 |
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To page
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15 |
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