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14 C H A P T E R 4 In general, no comprehensive studies have been documented that examine the relationship between smart growth and urban goods movement. In fact, as Woudsma found in 2001, little research is available that addresses land-use patterns and goods movement.
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Intersection of Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement 15 4.1 Access, Parking, and Loading Zones The first area that has been examined with regard to smart growth and urban goods movement is the impact of access, parking, and loading zones. Using focus groups of truck drivers, Pivo et al.
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16 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement incorporate bicycle infrastructure and sidewalks may slow speeds and reduce crashes. So far, research has not shown that these effects extend to freight vehicles, but there is little reason to expect otherwise.
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Intersection of Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement 17 4.4 Logistics Studies The research areas of logistics, operations research, and industrial engineering have a number of topic areas that are related to smart growth yet consider the movement of freight vehicles. These areas include research into time and size restrictions, vehicle choice, and warehouse locations.
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18 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement emissions, including a number of network system-management strategies. Using volume-delay functions in a traditional modeling environment, coupled with emission-modeling tools, they identified modest improvements in carbon dioxide emissions and reductions in both vehicle hours of travel and trip lengths when better traffic management or real-time traffic information is provided.
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