Synthesis of Freight Research in Urban Transportation Planning (2013) / Chapter Skim
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10 1.1 Introduction This section summarizes data on truck and van traffic and its impacts on metropolitan areas. First, a brief review of land use trends relevant to freight supply and demand in metropolitan areas provides some context.
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11 An example of the impacts of economic growth and demand for land on the location of logistics activity can be seen in Atlanta, Georgia. Key freight corridors with access to the Interstate and major arterials are becoming prime space for high-density office and residential or mixed-use developments.
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12 have better truck and van urban traffic data) , freight makes up 10 to 15 percent of vehicular traffic in cities, with higher shares observed in the denser core, where automobiles constitute a smaller share of passenger traffic (BESTUFS, 2006)
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13 data do not include truck traffic on local streets and roads. Third, the data are limited to long-haul trips (i.e., 50+ miles)
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14 An earlier study of the worst physical bottlenecks in the United States (American Highway Users Alliance, 2004) found that 10 of the top 25 bottlenecks were in Los Angeles, Chicago, or Houston -- the principal gateway to the Gulf of Mexico.
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15 curbside parking spaces including "yellow zones," i.e., those reserved for commercial loading (Transportation Alternatives, 2008, p.
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16 locations with high concentrations of commercial land uses (Loukaitou-Sideris, Liggett, and Sung, 2007, p.
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17 Nationally, large trucks accounted for 5 percent (286,000) of all police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2009.
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18 metropolitan areas, trucks were reported to emit the largest amounts of NOx and PM10 emissions. In comparison to other modes of freight transport, trucks are the number one source of pollutants in metropolitan areas that are the most harmful to people.
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19 AQMD found the PM from diesel exhaust "accounted for 71% of the cancer risk" (SCAQMD, 2000)
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20 Hot spots do not just affect people in the surrounding neighborhoods; hot spots also affect truck drivers and warehouse facility workers. Smith et al.
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21 equipment was the second largest. Other equipment, e.g., rail vehicles, contributed insignificantly to noise at the port.
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22 In the Milan region, 40 percent of trucks circulating are more than 10 years old (quoted in Dablanc, 2009)
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