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88 Introduction An important part of NCHRP Project 08-106 was the development of pilot studies representing promising opportunities to implement effective urban freight transportation strategies. The goal was to develop three pilot studies that were geographically diverse (western, central, and eastern United States)
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Pilot Studies 89 Application of UFIT The research team investigated which strategies might address this freight congestion problem by entering the problem into UFIT. In addition, because of the interest in the specific off-peakhour delivery strategy, the research team input the freight demand management strategy, of which off-peak-hour delivery is an example, directly into UFIT.
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90 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies Strategy Facilitators Barriers Urban Freight Villages • Relocate distribution facilities from sensitive districts • Reduce environmental impacts • Positive effects on urban logistics • Require highly developed infrastructure • Require multiple modes of transportation • Require high-level public-private partnerships Certification Programs • Improve environmental sustainability • Enhance livability • Flexible and adaptable incentives • Require consensus between public and private sectors • Require interagency collaboration • Require stakeholder engagement Parking Restrictions • Regulate illegal freight parking • Mitigate traffic congestion • Protect the right of way of other road users • Limited parking availability • Limited time windows • Require effective enforcement by local authorities Geometric Modifications • Improve performance through freight operations • Improve mobility through freight operations • Improve safety through freight operations • Require context-sensitive solutions • Require emerging techniques • Require considerations for other vulnerable road users Intermodal Logistics Center • Provide reliable and flexible logistics services • Reduce environmental impacts • Positive impacts on transportation corridor industrial property value • Competitive pressures • Overall costs • Limited facilities Multimodal/Intermodal Urban Distribution • Improve environmental sustainability • Economically competitive for freight operators • Reduce traffic disturbance in urban areas • Require multiple modes of transportation • Limitations of freight operations • Require high-level coordination among stakeholders Intelligent Transportation Systems • Provide innovative services related to freight transportation • Facilitate freight demand management • Inform freight vehicle operators to make smarter choices • Require emerging techniques • Require highly developed infrastructure • Require effective enforcement by local authorities Urban Distribution Using Multiple Types of Vehicles • Improve environmental sustainability • Economically competitive for freight operators • Energy efficient for freight operators • Lack of advanced technology • Lack of available or reliable infrastructure • Lack of mature market Contractual Freight Partnerships • Interactive engagement from stakeholders • Effective coordination between agencies • Break long-standing barriers between public and private sectors • Limited influence of public authority • Political risk of private partners • Require high-level coordination among stakeholders Freight Demand Management • Increase economic productivity • Improve logistics efficiency • Enhance environmental sustainability • Require a moderate time frame to implement • Expect higher costs to provide incentives • Require stakeholder collaboration and engagement Table 11. Facilitators and barriers for the pilot study in Dallas, Texas.
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Pilot Studies 91 By coupling the implementation of off-peak-period deliveries with truck count measurement on nearby arterial and regional highways, possible positive correlations could be found between the strategy and traffic in the area. Pilot Study of St.
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92 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies The research team used UFIT to search on these six urban freight problem categories and show relevant strategies. UFIT identified and ranked nine strategies by importance of factors to implementation as the following: 1.
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Pilot Studies 93 identified UFIT strategies. The practitioner should give particular credence to the top facilitators and barriers identified in Table 12 for a given strategy.
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94 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies regional, and local goods movement. The facility also serves (to the south)
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Pilot Studies 95 Table 14 lists the facilitators and barriers associated with the corresponding strategies indicated by UFIT for the Tampa Region. Implementation Guidance Implementation guidance is in the form of information on the relevant fact sheets, including implementation recommendations and implementation notes.
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96 Tools to Facilitate Implementation of Effective Metropolitan Freight Transportation Strategies for each case were made through the UFIT outputs, including the fact sheets and citation notes. The research team concluded the following: • For the three pilot studies conducted, UFIT appears to be an effective way to obtain a relatively quick sketch-planning assessment of metropolitan freight strategies to address problems.
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