# Presentation: 085517

## Best Practices in Urban Goods Movement 

- Marsha Anderson Bomar
- November 15, 2006
- Talking Freight Webinar

## Overview

- Project Description
- Issues Encountered
- Curbside Management in New York City
- Freight Villages in Orlando
- Next Steps

## Project Description

*To produce case studies on innovative strategies that different cities have employed to improve goods movement.  *

## Project Description

- Establish Working Group (including ITE  Goods Movement Council)
- Private Sector
- Public Sector
- Conduct comprehensive literature review
- Select strategies that are most transferable
- Conduct field visits and stakeholder interviews
- Develop case studies

***Scope of Work***

## Project Challenge

- Documentation   *AFTER*   Implementation

- During the literature review process we encountered one obstacle; the lack of . . .

## New York Case Study

***Background***
- Infrastructure constraints hinder efficient goods movement
- Lack of sufficient curb space causes traffic congestion
***Project Development***
- New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), suggested improvement projects in their Regional Freight Plan
- New York City DOT responsible for project implementation

## New York Case Study

***Commercial Vehicle Parking Program***

- Designated commercial vehicle loading zones in Manhattan
- Installed ticket-dispensing “muni-meters”
- Implemented pricing strategy to encourage faster turnover rate.

## New York Case Study

***Costs/Benefits of Commercial Vehicle Parking Program***

**Costs**
- Installation of Muni-meters
- New signage
- Increased enforcement

**Benefits**
- Reduced congestion
- Reduced recirculation
- Curbside occupancy duration decreased from 3 hours to 45 minutes due to pricing strategy
- Increased revenue

## New York Case Study

- Designated one-way pairs as “Thru-streets”
- No turns from selected sections between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm
- Program allowed for additional loading and unloading spaces on non-thru streets

***Thru Streets Program***

## New York Case Study

***Costs and benefits of Thru Streets Program***

**Costs**
- Informational signs
- Educational program to inform public of changes
- Pavement re-striping

**Benefits**
- Decreased average travel times on Thru Streets by 25% (from almost 9 min to 6.5 min)
- Added 150 additional commercial vehicle parking spaces on non-thru streets
- 31% decrease in total accidents on Thru Streets

## New York Case Study

***Transferable Characteristics***

- Time restrictions or designating spaces for loading and unloading activities
- Pricing Strategy to encourage more turnover in loading/unloading zones
- Restricted turning movements for commercial vehicles to reduce congestion in Downtown area

## Orlando Case Study

***Background***
- Center of the state
- Extreme growth rates and
- Booming tourism industry
- Increasing amount of freight
- Facilities choosing to locate in and around the City.
***Project Development***
- METROPLAN suggested project through their *Freight, Goods, and Services Strategic Mobility Plan*
- City of Orlando has taken steps towards implementation

## Orlando Case Study

***Freight Villages***
- 	The concept of grouping together freight-generating land uses in order to provide the sufficient infrastructure to accommodate the needs of commercial vehicles

## Orlando Case Study

***Steps Taken Towards Freight Villages***
- New zoning classifications for freight-related activities
- Analysis of land use patterns in GIS to locate potential sites for these designations
- Freight Village Project to be implemented in conjunction with upcoming Downtown Transportation Plan

## Orlando Case Study

***Additional Accomplishments***
- Truck Treatment in Development of Regional Impact (DRI) process
- Protection of Freight-carrying capacity on City’s roadways
- Eatonville rehabilitation

- Picture of Eatonville

## Orlando Case Study

**“*****Quick Fix” projects***
- Signal Improvements/ Installations
- Geometric Intersection Improvements
- Turning Restrictions

- Truck drivers given disposable cameras to document existing problems from their perspective.

## Orlando Case Study

***Transferability***
- New zoning classifications
- Involvement of trucking industry in planning process
- “Quick Fix” Projects
- Infrastructure improvement focused

## Next Steps

- Determine best candidate for final case study – we need your help!
- Complete final draft of case studies
- Distribute to planning professionals and other interested parties

## Marsha 

***Anderson Bomar***
- _[marsha@streetsmarts.us](mailto:marsha@streetsmarts.us)_
***770-813-0882***