Analysis of Commodity Carrier Vehicles Movement in an Urban Area – A Case Study of Himatnagar

Abstract

Urban commodity movement essential for prosperity of urban areas. In growing/developing Himatnagar
city demand of consumption of the commodity is increasing rapidly. That results in frequent movement of commodity
vehicles on urban streets throughout the day. Generally, researchers have focused on private vehicles and mass
transits vehicles in urban area. A very few studies have been done to analyze the effect of commodity vehicles in urban
area. Therefore, this study is aimed to analyze the commodity carrier movement in developing city like, Himatnagar.
Traffic surveys have been carried out to determine model share of goods vehicles in total traffic stream, origin and
destination of commodity vehicles according to types of commodity, their effect on traffic flow parameters. This study
reveals that the average proportion of goods/commodity vehicles is about 10-13% and the significant parameters to
generate these vehicle trips are shopping area and number of customers coming to the shops. It is observed that LCV
are mostly used for commodity supply and their timings of trips are between 10 AM to 11 AM. More trips are observed
for Grocery, Dairy Products, Hotels and Electronic item shops