Regional warehouse trip production analysis : Chicago metro area, September, 2008.

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• Creators:
  DeVries, Jon B. ; Dermisi, Sofia V.
• Corporate Creators:
  Walter E. Heller College of Business Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  Illinois. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Materials and Physical Research ; Illinois Center for Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Containerization
  • Intermodal services
  • Freight service
  • Trip generation
  • Containerization
  • Trip generation
  • Freight and freightage
  • Transportation and state
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-ICT-08-025 ; ICT-08-025, UILU-ENG-2008-2013
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois
• Corporate Publisher:
  Illinois Center for Transportation
• Abstract:
  This research report provides primary research data and analysis on heavy truck trip generation and characteristics from regional ; distribution centers (RDC) and similar facilities in an effort to facilitate future public policy making regarding roadway transportation needs ; as well as land-use and economic development decisions. The report also provides secondary data and information on intermodal freight ; transportation - its growth and its economic impacts – to provide a regional, national, and international context for the research. ; The primary data was obtained from a field survey of 12 distribution centers of various scales (7 of them regional) in Northeast Illinois. ; The 12 facilities and their supervisory personnel were visited by the research team and analyzed in depth for their general business ; characteristics (e.g. type of goods, number of employees, hours of operation etc.), property characteristics (e.g. location, facility size, ; ceiling height) and their truck trip productions (e.g. number of arrivals-departures, geographic distribution of inbound-outbound movement, ; volume per quarter etc.). ; The findings of this research project in reference to the 12 facilities indicate the uniqueness and significant complexity of the distribution ; centers. There is clear evidence of an increase in size (sq. ft & ceiling) and automation (racking systems) of the newer facilities as well as ; 24-hour operations. The comparison of daily heavy truck movement shows significant arrival concentration between 8am-10am and 8pm- ; 6am. In contrast the heaviest departure activity is between 4-6pm. The majority of originating freight is from the Midwest with the ; outbound distributions also being allocated regionally then nationally and internationally (minimal allocation). Another result was the ; increased volume concentration in the third quarter of each year between July and September. ; The above results along with the significant expansions of RDC facilities in the last few years indicate the additional need for studying the ; locations of the various facilities and the heavy truck traffic volume they generate. The results should also be useful in determining the ; economics benefits/costs and impacts of these facilities for purposes of making infrastructure investment, economic incentive, and land ; use decisions.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/16702/dot_16702_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 729.72 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3f84cf427c7f37108b5922c13329f111107276ca7bddc3f9f2b94db7a631e296