United States Department of Transportation
ROSA P serves as an archival repository of USDOT-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other information authored or co-authored by USDOT or funded partners.
As a repository, ROSA P retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.
i
Impacts of E-Commerce on Warehousing and Distribution in California
-
2025-04-03
[PDF-4.46 MB]
Details:
-
Creators:
-
Corporate Creators:
-
Corporate Contributors:
-
Subject/TRT Terms:
-
Publication/ Report Number:
-
DOI:
-
Resource Type:
-
Geographical Coverage:
-
Edition:Final report (1/1/2024-12/31/2024)
-
Corporate Publisher:
-
Abstract:The purpose of this research is to document and analyze trends in location patterns of warehousing and distribution (WD) activity in California over the past decade, and to explore the relationship between these trends and the growth of e-commerce. This research builds on a previous study of WD trends in California 2003-2013 and extends to 2022.¹ The research has two parts. Part 1 is a descriptive analysis of WD trends, Part 2 estimates models to explain these trends. There was an approximate doubling of WD establishments over the period, but the overall spatial distribution of activity was markedly stable. There is no evidence of decentralization; growth took place throughout the state’s metro areas. We estimate both cross section and time series models, finding that local market attributes consistently explain WD location. Transport access plays a less significant role. We conclude that continued growth even in high density core areas is consistent with the rapid growth in e-commerce that took place over the same period.
-
Format:
-
Funding:
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:
-
Download URL:
-
File Type:
