Impacts of Intrusion of trucks in urban areas (Also available on CD)
Maniar, Anvi
Impacts of Intrusion of trucks in urban areas (Also available on CD) - 2012 - viii,78,vip.,CD-ROM
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 UNDERSTANDING ?URBAN FREIGHT? 1 1.2 NEED OF STUDY 3 1.3 OBJECTIVE 4 1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATION 4 1.4.1 SCOPE OF STUDY 4 1.4.2 LIMITATIONS 4 1.5 FRAMEWORK OF STUDY 4 1.6 CHAPTER SCHEME 5 2. URBAN FREIGHT IN AHMEDABAD: EXISTING SITUATION 7 2.1 BACKGROUND 7 2.2 CITY PROFILE 7 2.2.1 GENERAL 7 2.2.2 ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY 8 2.2.3 TRANSPORT SYSTEM 9 2.2.3.1 Road Network 9 2.2.3.2 Vehicular Traffic 10 2.3 FREIGHT MOVEMENT PATTERN 11 2.4 URBAN FREIGHT ROUTES AND TIME ZONES 12 2.5 STAKEHOLDERS 13 2.5.1 CONSIGNEE/ CONSIGNER 14 2.5.2 INTERMEDIARIES 14 2.5.3 TRANSPORT OPERATORS 14 2.6 FREIGHT TRAFFIC AND COMMODITIES HANDLED 15 2.6.1 GOODS VEHICULAR FLOWS 15 2.6.2 VOLUMES AND MAJOR COMMODITIES 15 2.7 FREIGHT GENERATORS 17 2.7.1 URBAN FREIGHT GENERATORS IN AND AROUND OLD CITY 19 2.7.1.1 Sardar Patel Vegetable Market 19 2.7.1.2 Wholesale Grocery Market 20 2.7.1.3 New Cloth Market 20 2.7.1.4 Chokha Bazaar/ Foodgrain Market 20 2.7.1.5 Lathi Bazaar/ Wood Market 20 2.7.2 URBAN FREIGHT GENERATORS IN PERIPHERAL AREAS 20 2.7.2.1 Aslali 20 2.7.3 URBAN FREIGHT GENERATORS IN INTERMEDIARY AREAS 21 2.7.3.1 Narol 21 2.7.3.2 Sarkhej 21 2.7.4 FREIGHT MOVEMENT SPECIFICS FOR AREAS UNDER STUDY 21 2.8 URBAN FREIGHT FLOW IMPACTS 26 2.8.1 ACCESS RESTRICTIONS 26 2.8.2 CONGESTION 27 2.8.3 LAND USE CONFLICTS 28 2.8.4 INFORMAL TRANSPORT CENTRES 28 2.8.5 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 29 2.8.6 SAFETY 29 2.9 INFERENCES 29 3. IMPACTS OF TRUCK INTRUSION IN URBAN AREAS: TRANSPORTERS' COSTS 31 3.1 INTRODUCTION 31 3.2 TRANSPORTERS? COSTS 31 3.2.1 ACCESS RESTRICTIONS 31 3.2.2 CONGESTION DELAY 32 3.2.3 WAITING/ SEARCHING FOR PARKING/ LOADING SPACES 32 3.2.4 WAITING FOR RETURN CONSIGNMENT 32 3.2.5 FINES/ BRIBES 33 3.3 SURVEY METHODOLOGY 33 3.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN FREIGHT MOVEMENT IN CITY AND OUTSIDE 34 3.4.1 CITY CENTER 34 3.4.2 INTERMEDIARY AREAS 35 3.4.3 PERIPHERAL AREAS 36 3.5 COST EVALUATION 36 3.5.1 CITY CENTER 37 3.5.1.1 Long Distance 37 3.5.1.2 Medium Distance 39 3.5.1.3 Short Distance 41 3.5.1.4 Analysis of Excess Costs: City Center 43 3.5.2 INTERMEDIARY AREAS 43 3.5.2.1 Long Distance 44 3.5.2.2 Medium Distance 46 3.5.2.3 Short Distance 48 3.5.2.4 Analysis of Excess Costs: Intermediary Areas 50 3.5.3 PERIPHERAL AREAS 51 3.5.3.1 Long Distance 51 3.5.3.2 Medium Distance 53 3.5.3.3 Short Distance 55 3.5.3.4 Analysis of Excess Costs: Peripheral Areas 57 3.6 INFERENCES 57 COSTS 61 4. 1 INTRODUCTION 61 4.2 DISTRIBUTORS? COSTS 61 4.2.1 COST OF PRODUCT 61 4.2.2 COST OF TRANSPORTATION 61 4.2.3 COST OF LABOUR 62 4.3 SURVEY METHODOLOGY 62 4.4 ASSESSMENT OF COSTS 63 4.4.1 CITY CENTER 63 4.4.1.1 Madhupura 63 4.4.1.2 ?Chokha Bazaar? 65 4.4.1.3 New Cloth Market 65 4.4.1.4 ?Lathi Bazaar? 66 4.4.2 INTERMEDIARY AND PERIPHERAL AREAS 67 4.5 INFERENCES 68 4.5.1 TYPES OF COMMODITIES 68 4.5.2 COMMODITY INFLOW VS. OUTFLOW 68 4.5.3 EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE 69 4.5.4 COSTS 69 5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 72 5.1 CONCLUSION 72 5.2 RECOMMENDATION 74 5.2.1 MARKET RELOCATION 74 5.2.2 WAY FORWARD 75 BIBLIOGRAPHY 77 ANNEXURE 79
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Impacts of Intrusion of trucks in urban areas (Also available on CD) - 2012 - viii,78,vip.,CD-ROM
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 UNDERSTANDING ?URBAN FREIGHT? 1 1.2 NEED OF STUDY 3 1.3 OBJECTIVE 4 1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATION 4 1.4.1 SCOPE OF STUDY 4 1.4.2 LIMITATIONS 4 1.5 FRAMEWORK OF STUDY 4 1.6 CHAPTER SCHEME 5 2. URBAN FREIGHT IN AHMEDABAD: EXISTING SITUATION 7 2.1 BACKGROUND 7 2.2 CITY PROFILE 7 2.2.1 GENERAL 7 2.2.2 ECONOMY AND INDUSTRY 8 2.2.3 TRANSPORT SYSTEM 9 2.2.3.1 Road Network 9 2.2.3.2 Vehicular Traffic 10 2.3 FREIGHT MOVEMENT PATTERN 11 2.4 URBAN FREIGHT ROUTES AND TIME ZONES 12 2.5 STAKEHOLDERS 13 2.5.1 CONSIGNEE/ CONSIGNER 14 2.5.2 INTERMEDIARIES 14 2.5.3 TRANSPORT OPERATORS 14 2.6 FREIGHT TRAFFIC AND COMMODITIES HANDLED 15 2.6.1 GOODS VEHICULAR FLOWS 15 2.6.2 VOLUMES AND MAJOR COMMODITIES 15 2.7 FREIGHT GENERATORS 17 2.7.1 URBAN FREIGHT GENERATORS IN AND AROUND OLD CITY 19 2.7.1.1 Sardar Patel Vegetable Market 19 2.7.1.2 Wholesale Grocery Market 20 2.7.1.3 New Cloth Market 20 2.7.1.4 Chokha Bazaar/ Foodgrain Market 20 2.7.1.5 Lathi Bazaar/ Wood Market 20 2.7.2 URBAN FREIGHT GENERATORS IN PERIPHERAL AREAS 20 2.7.2.1 Aslali 20 2.7.3 URBAN FREIGHT GENERATORS IN INTERMEDIARY AREAS 21 2.7.3.1 Narol 21 2.7.3.2 Sarkhej 21 2.7.4 FREIGHT MOVEMENT SPECIFICS FOR AREAS UNDER STUDY 21 2.8 URBAN FREIGHT FLOW IMPACTS 26 2.8.1 ACCESS RESTRICTIONS 26 2.8.2 CONGESTION 27 2.8.3 LAND USE CONFLICTS 28 2.8.4 INFORMAL TRANSPORT CENTRES 28 2.8.5 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS 29 2.8.6 SAFETY 29 2.9 INFERENCES 29 3. IMPACTS OF TRUCK INTRUSION IN URBAN AREAS: TRANSPORTERS' COSTS 31 3.1 INTRODUCTION 31 3.2 TRANSPORTERS? COSTS 31 3.2.1 ACCESS RESTRICTIONS 31 3.2.2 CONGESTION DELAY 32 3.2.3 WAITING/ SEARCHING FOR PARKING/ LOADING SPACES 32 3.2.4 WAITING FOR RETURN CONSIGNMENT 32 3.2.5 FINES/ BRIBES 33 3.3 SURVEY METHODOLOGY 33 3.4 CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN FREIGHT MOVEMENT IN CITY AND OUTSIDE 34 3.4.1 CITY CENTER 34 3.4.2 INTERMEDIARY AREAS 35 3.4.3 PERIPHERAL AREAS 36 3.5 COST EVALUATION 36 3.5.1 CITY CENTER 37 3.5.1.1 Long Distance 37 3.5.1.2 Medium Distance 39 3.5.1.3 Short Distance 41 3.5.1.4 Analysis of Excess Costs: City Center 43 3.5.2 INTERMEDIARY AREAS 43 3.5.2.1 Long Distance 44 3.5.2.2 Medium Distance 46 3.5.2.3 Short Distance 48 3.5.2.4 Analysis of Excess Costs: Intermediary Areas 50 3.5.3 PERIPHERAL AREAS 51 3.5.3.1 Long Distance 51 3.5.3.2 Medium Distance 53 3.5.3.3 Short Distance 55 3.5.3.4 Analysis of Excess Costs: Peripheral Areas 57 3.6 INFERENCES 57 COSTS 61 4. 1 INTRODUCTION 61 4.2 DISTRIBUTORS? COSTS 61 4.2.1 COST OF PRODUCT 61 4.2.2 COST OF TRANSPORTATION 61 4.2.3 COST OF LABOUR 62 4.3 SURVEY METHODOLOGY 62 4.4 ASSESSMENT OF COSTS 63 4.4.1 CITY CENTER 63 4.4.1.1 Madhupura 63 4.4.1.2 ?Chokha Bazaar? 65 4.4.1.3 New Cloth Market 65 4.4.1.4 ?Lathi Bazaar? 66 4.4.2 INTERMEDIARY AND PERIPHERAL AREAS 67 4.5 INFERENCES 68 4.5.1 TYPES OF COMMODITIES 68 4.5.2 COMMODITY INFLOW VS. OUTFLOW 68 4.5.3 EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE 69 4.5.4 COSTS 69 5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 72 5.1 CONCLUSION 72 5.2 RECOMMENDATION 74 5.2.1 MARKET RELOCATION 74 5.2.2 WAY FORWARD 75 BIBLIOGRAPHY 77 ANNEXURE 79
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