EFFECT OF COOPERATION SYSTEM ON URBAN GOODS MOVEMENTS IN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS

The paper clarifies the problems on urban goods movements and the neccesity of execution of cooperation system between shippers and carriers. Because of the difficulty of constructing enough on-road or off-road truck loading facilities, some means to reduce the volume of loading activities are neccesary. The study shows that a cooperation system between shippers and carriers has an effect of reducing the traffic flow as well as the volume of on-road loading activities, and the cost of goods movements, comparing the case where every shipper has to construct truck loading facilities by themselves.