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REFORM - RESEARCH ON FREIGHT PLATFORMS AND FREIGHT ORGANIZATION
Herbert Sonntag, Knut Tullius
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Abstract
The main objective of REFORM is to improve the knowledge of the impact of city oriented freight platforms on urban traffic. In the framework of the project an evaluation model was developed to examine the efficiency of freight platforms and their impacts on city traffic and on the environment. Existing and planned freight platforms in Berlin, Brussels, Madrid and Rome were investigated under specific local foci. Furthermore the impact of each of the investigated freight platforms on urban traffic was calculated, applying the traffic calculation models WIVER (to calculate freight traffic both in the city and surrounding regions, it mileage per vehicle type and per branch as well as its local distribution) and CATO (to calculate the output of a freight platform in terms of truck flows). The findings of the project were generalized and a guideline for evaluating freight centers and for optimizing existing and planned platforms, regarding platform efficiency and their impact on urban freight traffic was created.