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JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
Volume 74, Issue -, Pages 145-160Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.10.011
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Urban freight simulation; Land use and transportation; Logistics sprawl; City logistics
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- Department of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago
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Despite the growing research interests on the spatial restructuring of logistics facilities that occurred in many cities around the world, the relationship between the spatial pattern of logistics land use and the level of externalities is far from being elucidated. We use the Urban Logistics Land-use and Traffic Simulator (ULLTRASIM), developed for the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, to evaluate the level of externalities that accompany different spatial distribution patterns of logistics facilities. The ULLTRA-SIM takes a novel approach to analyze the urban freight impacts through the simulations of logistics facility locations, urban logistics chains, and truck flow. The results indicate that, while the moderate concentration and deconcentration of logistics facilities do not significantly affect the level of externalities, scarcity of logistics facilities in or near the high demand locations exacerbates negative externalities. Also, the results of the simulations underscore the need for rigorous analysis in order to reduce negative externalities through logistics land use policies.
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