Modelling of Dynamic Schedule Options of Collective Truck Movement and its Application to Goods Collection Rationalization in Commercial Areas

Delivery and collective trucks perform a vital distribution function of goods that is an essential component of the economic activities in urban areas. However, abundance of delivery and collective trucks in many central business districts in large cities, have often contributed toward severe traffic congestion. There is much room to improve city-wide freight transport, especially in the case of collective activities. The objective of this study is to investigate the characteristics of collective truck movement related to the detour request and to develop a modelling framewofk to incorporate the dynamic routing capabilities to pick-up loads from the service region in order to examine optimum truck movement.