Exploring the potential for off peak delivery in Metropolitan Chicago : research findings and conclusions.

Details

• Creators:
  LaBelle, James ; Freve, Sheena F.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Illinois at Chicago. Urban Transportation Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  National University Rail Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Off peak periods
  • Delivery service
  • Pickup and delivery service
  • Off Peak Delivery
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Chicago Metropolitan Area ; Chicago (Illinois)
• Corporate Publisher:
  National University Rail Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  Businesses generally want to receive deliveries during their normal work hours. Truckers need to schedule deliveries to meet those demands. As a result, most truck deliveries occur during the most congested daytime traffic periods. ; If more businesses would accept deliveries in off peak times when there is less traffic congestion, trucks could deliver goods faster and at less cost. That would reduce congestion and cost of goods, and yield economic and environmental benefits. ; This report summarizes our research over the past two years on possible strategies to shift more deliveries of goods to times when traffic is light – i.e., off-peak delivery (OPD) – as one way to lessen congestion in the Chicago area.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  Grant Number: DTRT13-G-UTC52 ; NURail 2015-UIC-R15
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31424/dot_31424_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.24 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f0a4693ddc9a3cd51ec0b67c8faa7197626fa37568d9a645e03a2b23ef7d4707