TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maniar, Anvi
AU  - Swamy, Shivanand H. M. (Guide)
TI  - Impacts of Intrusion of trucks in urban areas (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-1450 
PY  - 2012///
N1  - 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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