A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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Learning from Truckers. Moving Goods in Campact, Livable Urban Areas
This study sought to understand how to best move and deliver goods in compact urban centers while maintaining the other functions of a vibrant, healthy center for social and commercial exchange. The research approach utilized focus groups of unionized truck drivers who work in urban and suburban centers in metropolitan Seattle. The objective of this qualitative research was to gain participants' insights and perspectives about the design, regulatory, enforcement, and management factors that facilitate or impede their ability to carry out their jobs. This study represents the only documented case in which truck drivers themselves were asked about issues affecting freight movement and compact urban form, issues of increasing importance in metropolitan areas seeking to reinforce existing urban centers and create new ones out of low density suburban areas. Drivers provided specific observations and suggestions in the categories of curb space and alley management, pedestrain interaction, building entrances, loading docks and signage, zoning and design, and technology and equipment.
Learning from Truckers. Moving Goods in Campact, Livable Urban Areas
This study sought to understand how to best move and deliver goods in compact urban centers while maintaining the other functions of a vibrant, healthy center for social and commercial exchange. The research approach utilized focus groups of unionized truck drivers who work in urban and suburban centers in metropolitan Seattle. The objective of this qualitative research was to gain participants' insights and perspectives about the design, regulatory, enforcement, and management factors that facilitate or impede their ability to carry out their jobs. This study represents the only documented case in which truck drivers themselves were asked about issues affecting freight movement and compact urban form, issues of increasing importance in metropolitan areas seeking to reinforce existing urban centers and create new ones out of low density suburban areas. Drivers provided specific observations and suggestions in the categories of curb space and alley management, pedestrain interaction, building entrances, loading docks and signage, zoning and design, and technology and equipment.
Learning from Truckers. Moving Goods in Campact, Livable Urban Areas
G. Pivo (author) / D. Carlson (author) / M. Kitchen (author) / D. Billen (author)
1997
72 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Road Transportation , Trucking industry , Urban areas , Freight transportation , Urban planning , Literature review , Interviews , Metropolitan areas , Goods , Loading areas , On street parking , Congestion , Zoning , Business location , Planning , Urban centers
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