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标题：A GPS Analysis for Urban Freight Distribution
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作者：Julio Comendador ; Julio Comendador ; María E. López-Lambas 等
期刊名称：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1877-0428
出版年度：2012
卷号：39
页码：521-533
DOI：10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.127
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：AbstractDaily life in urban centers has led to increasing and more demanding freight requirements. Manufacturers, retailers and other urban agents have thus tended towards more frequent and smaller deliveries, resulting in a growing use of light freight vehicles (<3.5 ton). This paper characterizes and analyzes urban freight distribution in order to generate new ways of understanding the phenomenon. Based on a case study of two different-sized Spanish cities using data from GPS, a vehicle observation survey and complementary driver's interviews, the authors propose a categorization of urban freight distribution. The results confirm GPS as a useful tool that allows the integration of dynamic traffic assignment data and diverse traffic operation patterns during different day periods, thereby improving delivery performance.
关键词：Light freight vehicles;vehicle observation survey;GPS data;vehicle trip diaries;cross-survey analysis;city logistics