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31 Considerations for Smart Growth and Goods Movement 6.1 Policy and Planning Considerations The responses garnered from the focus groups present the views of those involved in goods movement about the interaction between smart growth and urban goods movement. Great care has been taken to present the focus-group participants' views as their own, without embellishment.
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32 Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement Any jurisdiction considering limiting the use of large vehicles, or requiring the use of smaller ones, should be aware of the potential implications. Some larger retail outlets may choose to keep consumer costs low while transport costs increase; the smaller profit margins may be offset by the larger volume of sales possible in dense urban areas.
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Considerations for Smart Growth and Goods Movement 33 6.2 Research Gaps Varied development patterns cause freight and passenger traffic to behave differently. However, while today's urban planners emphasize the topic of smart-growth development, and all stakeholders agree that goods movement must be explicitly considered within the planning sphere, a significant research gap exists in understanding how these two areas relate.
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