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19 Learning from Goods-Movement Stakeholders Issues of goods movement, whether related to urban or long-haul deliveries, are inherently complex and vary dramatically by specific industry and by geographic and political constraints. As is the case for any planning activity, engaging with stakeholders is invaluable.
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20 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement the well-being of economies and cities, careful attention should be given to addressing issues raised by these constituents. Although multiple objectives can be met by adopting smart-growth principles -- for example, cleaner air, more active lifestyles, shorter commute trips -- the more that areas densify, the more goods that will be demanded in those areas and the more changes that will be required in the method and design of goods-movement systems.
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Learning from Goods-Movement Stakeholders 21 policies that restrict freight movement? Do you change delivery times, patterns, places, and/ or equipment?
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22 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement Despite whatever conflicts there may be between various stakeholders, all agreed that smartgrowth principles and particularly the mixing of uses were useful strategies for cities to pursue. Indeed, one logistics manager noted that "Mixed use is a good strategy to get single-occupant vehicles (SOVs)
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Learning from Goods-Movement Stakeholders 23 The issue of parking is predominantly related to commercial areas, and particularly to retail. While shopping malls were described as having been easy to access in the past, there was widespread agreement that currently trucks are not welcome at shopping centers and are considered a visual blight or a noise concern.
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24 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement is less than optimal. Even so, some goods movement activity must occur in alleyways and not at the curb.
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Learning from Goods-Movement Stakeholders 25 likely have to navigate through customers with a hand truck. This type of delivery may become particularly problematic at crowded bars.
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26 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement Potential solutions might also be large in scope and could include completely reconsidering a firm's logistics operations. Aside from the well-established use of communications devices, a variety of ideas were raised about urban distribution centers.
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Learning from Goods-Movement Stakeholders 27 central location and local deliveries are made by either smaller vehicles or hand trucks to nearby businesses. One final approach offered would be for merchants to band together to establish a small delivery hub near their businesses.
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28 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement Of particular concern to drivers and logistics managers in the focus groups were issues of staging and communications. For example, large events at a convention center or at a ballpark occurring on the same day that large-scale lane closures and construction begin can cause significant delays that could be avoided by careful consideration of the timing of construction activities.
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Learning from Goods-Movement Stakeholders 29 Enforce the right regulations. Enforcement of regulations was a topic of considerable discussion surrounding both the cost to trucking firms and issues of safety.
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30 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement the engine after a few minutes. In cold weather, turning an engine off to avoid idling may force a driver to sit in the cold.
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