Analysis of Urban Freight Flows and Retail Goods Movement Using GPS Trajectory and Land Use Data.

In recent years, GPS data on truck movements have become much more available, leading researchers and practitioners to leverage these sources to generate a wealth of data and information related to truck OD flows. In this study large amount of truck GPS data used to investigate characteristics of freight transportation in particularly OD land uses and freight vehicle classes. Aiming to realize the freight flows characteristics of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency Planning (CMAP) region. The data are used primarily to gain insight into the nature of urban goods movement and the distribution of retail goods. The main objective in this respect is analyzing urban freight flows and retail goods movement. The data-driven analysis generates a number of interesting findings regarding the nature and volume of trips by light-duty, medium-duty, and heavy-duty truck that serve various types of retail and industrial functions are generated. The design of this study especially its land use data fusion aspect is expected to benefit both practitioners and researchers as they plan future data collection, model calibration and urban freight studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]