Project number: MF-5.1c

Funding source: Volvo Research and Educational Foundations

Performance period: 1/1/2016 to 12/31/2016

Project description

The goal of this project is to quantify and characterize the goods moving to large residential buildings in New York City.  Field observation was conducted at eight buildings in four boroughs.  The study quantified the volumes and temporal distributions of delivery trips and package receipts; the types of delivery vehicles and their parking activities; the types of commodities moving and the carriers moving them; and the time space-consumed by these activities.  The results of this analysis are useful to city agencies and building managers to better understand the goods moving at the curbside of and inside residential buildings, and ultimately to evaluate the efficacy of existing parking regulations, land use regulations, and building package management strategies to address growing e-commerce activity.