How is own account transport well adapted to urban environments?
CRUZ, Cecilia
The delivery driver's job is unique. The maps in figures 5 through 8 represent delivery runs
made by such drivers in urban environments. They are from the Transport and Goods in
Cities surveys (TMV) carried out by the Transport Economy Laboratory (LET) in Bordeaux
(1995) and Dijon and Marseilles (1997).
Figures 5 and 6 show the path of own-account delivery runs. These drivers work morning
shifts: 7 to 9 AM for the meat delivery driver and 6 AM to 1 PM for the frozen foods
distributor. The meat delivery points are scattered throughout the city, whereas the frozen
foods deliveries are more concentrated toward the centre. This difference can be explained
by the clients: kosher butchers are not very numerous and are dispersed throughout the
urban area, whereas frozen foods retailers are also located throughout the city, but are
distributed more evenly, which makes concentrated delivery runs possible.
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Figure 5: Path of a kosher meat delivery run in Marseilles (7-9 AM)19. Source: LET
19 The red points represent stops, whereas the numbers give the order in which the stops were made.
12th WCTR, July 11-15, 2010 - Lisbon, Portugal