Needs, Barriers, and Analysis Methods for Integrated Urban Freight Transportation
| 项目名称： | Needs, Barriers, and Analysis Methods for Integrated Urban Freight Transportation |
| 摘要： | A reliable system for the flow of goods is critical to the U.S. economy and to our quality of life. However, this activity is adversely affected by congested conditions and scarcity of suitable spaces for loading and unloading vehicles, and itself contributes to urban congestion, emissions, energy use and safety hazards. The proposed study seeks to help policy makers, planners, and other practitioners to identify and assess alternatives for ensuring efficient and reliable freight movement by trucks in large urban areas while minimizing the negative impacts (e.g., congestion, air pollution, safety, etc.) of freight deliveries. A set of alternatives called urban delivery integration (UDI) strategies will be analyzed. These include (1) improved routing and scheduling efficiency, (2) consolidation of goods for multiple shippers and customers on common vehicles, and (3) restrictions of deliveries to relatively uncongested periods. To analyze such alternatives, the project will identify and classify various UDI-related schemes through literature review and discussions with private and public sector experts, and develop new algorithms for efficiently managing urban goods deliveries. These algorithms will determine through optimization procedures (1) which vehicles should carry each shipment, and (2) how the multi-stop tours should be routed and scheduled for each vehicle, subject to constraints on vehicle capabilities, costs, pick-up and delivery times, work rules, service quality, environmental effects, energy consumption, and other relevant factors. |
| 状态： | Active |
| 资金： | 197507.00 |
| 资助组织： | Mid-Atlantic Universities Transportation Center |
| 执行机构： | West Virginia University, Morgantown<==>Morgan State University<==>University of Maryland, College Park |
| 开始时间： | 20120914 |
| 实际结束时间： | 20140831 |
| 主题领域： | Environment；Freight Transportation；Highways；Operations and Traffic Management |
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