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38 UFIT and the SRM This chapter includes detailed guidance for practitioners on implementing effective metropolitan freight transportation strategies along with detailed supporting information used to develop this guidance. The practitioner guidance is in the form of the SRM, UFIT, a user's guide for UFIT, and strategy fact sheets produced from UFIT.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 39 • Step 3: Problem Identification – Step 3A: Determine Whether You Want to Use Additional Criteria – Step 3B: Review the Produced List of Strategies by Importance of Factors to Implementation – Step 3C: View Fact Sheets of Interest • Step 4: Select Additional Criteria • Step 5: Finalize Selected Studies to Use • Step 6: Define User Priorities by Adjusting Default Factor Weights • Step 7: Review Inputs and View Final Result Introduction UFIT is a sketch-planning tool to assess urban freight strategies for possible implementation based on user criteria. It is an Excel-based tool powered by an extensive literature review and expert surveys.
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40 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Step 1: Start UFIT The first step is to open the UFIT Excel file and select the "Main" tab. Figure 6 shows the main UFIT screen.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 41 Figure 7. UFIT use case flowchart.
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Figure 8. UFIT strategies.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 43 The strategy fact sheet on the left provides the practitioner with the following information: • Scale showing the effectiveness, cost, and time level (under the strategy number)
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44 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies • Additional information (year, transportation mode, cost and time, whether it has been implemented, and where/what situation it was used)
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 45 7. Stakeholder-involved challenges (related to users or affected public: toll issues, coordination issues, contractual issues, etc.)
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46 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 12. Option 2 workflow -- no additional criteria.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 47 By default, if there is no criteria selection, then all strategies are included. If the user presses the "Clear All Selected Criteria" button (shown in Figure 15)
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48 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 14. Option 2 workflow -- define additional criteria.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 49 Figure 15. Additional criteria groups.
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50 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 19. Additional criteria -- transportation mode.
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Figure 22. Option 2 additional criteria illustrating targeted SRM output -- "lack of curbside parking" example.
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52 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies When the user is satisfied with the selected list of citations, there are two options shown in the box at the center top of the window with the text that reads "Select the literature records to include for analysis then go to .
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 53 Figure 23. Option 2 workflow -- adjust default factor weight.
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Figure 24. Adjust default weights window.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 55 Figure 26. User-defined weights highlighted.
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56 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Fact Sheets and Contents Knowing there was a tremendous amount of information available through UFIT, the research team, in accordance with the project panel, created one-page, concise fact sheets for each strategy. Figures 28 through 57 show the fact sheets for all 30 of the strategies as follows: • Figure 28.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 57 5. The "Examples" section provides examples of how the strategy is effectively used.
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58 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 28. Geometric modifications fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 59 Figure 29. Designated truck routes/lanes fact sheet.
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60 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 30. On-street parking and loading zones fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 61 Figure 31. Multiuse lanes or shared lanes fact sheet.
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62 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 32. Off-street parking and loading requirements fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 63 Figure 33. Parking restrictions fact sheet.
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64 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 34. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 65 Figure 35. Autonomous vehicles/connected vehicles (AV/CV)
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66 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 36. Vehicle parking reservation systems fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 67 Figure 37. Freight demand management fact sheet.
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68 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 38. Multimodal/intermodal urban distribution fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 69 Figure 39. Intermodal logistics center (ILC)
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70 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 40. Urban consolidation center (UCC)
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 71 Figure 41. Urban freight villages fact sheet.
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72 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies S T R AT E GY Implementation Notes Opportunities & Constraints FA C I L I TAT O R S At a Glance B A R R I E R S Effectiveness Cost Time Examples Selected References R E C O M M E N DAT I O N S F O R I M P L E M E N TAT I O N D E S C R I P T I O N O T H E R S T R AT E G I E S I N S A M E S T R AT E GY G R O U P T R A N S P O R TAT I O N M O D E P R O B L E M A D D R E S S E D Jemastock/Shutterstock.com Facilitating urban logistics services requires provision of well-designed infrastructure. It is important to integrate logistics activities into land use and planning policies.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 73 S T R AT E GY Implementation Notes Opportunities & Constraints FA C I L I TAT O R S At a Glance B A R R I E R S Effectiveness Cost Time Examples Selected References R E C O M M E N DAT I O N S F O R I M P L E M E N TAT I O N P R O B L E M A D D R E S S E D D E S C R I P T I O N O T H E R S T R AT E G I E S I N S A M E S T R AT E GY G R O U P T R A N S P O R TAT I O N M O D E Hadrian/Shutterstock.com Alternate pickup and delivery locations depend on utilizing guidelines, signage and adoption of new methods and technology. Changes in operations including and convenience encourage the participation of stakeholders.
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74 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 44. Certification programs fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 75 Figure 45. Low-noise delivery programs/regulations fact sheet.
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76 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 46. Freight rail routing through urban center fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 77 Figure 47. Urban distribution using multiple types of vehicles fact sheet.
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78 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 48. Vehicle access control fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 79 Figure 49. Truck side guards fact sheet.
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80 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 50. Preferential parking fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 81 Figure 51. Preferential zoning fact sheet.
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82 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 52. Taxation and fees fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 83 Figure 53. Integrating freight into the land use planning process fact sheet.
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84 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 54. Developing an urban freight plan fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 85 Figure 55. Freight advisory committee (FAC)
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86 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Figure 56. Contractual freight partnerships fact sheet.
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Urban Freight Implementation Tool User Operation and Fact Sheet Practitioner Guidance 87 Figure 57. Integrating freight and economic policies fact sheet.
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