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OFF PEAK DELIVERIES

Ministry of Transportation Pan/Parapan Am Games Branch – Goods Movement Office

Peel Goods Movement Task Force – November 1, 2013

Off Peak Deliveries (OPD)

• Involves restricting deliveries to non-peak daytime or night-time hours

• Implementing OPD in congested areas can improve general traffic flow during the busiest part of the day, especially in areas with narrow streets, restricted turning radii, limited parking for loading/unloading, etc.

Day Time Delivery Night-time Delivery

SAME LOCATION

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Benefits of OPDs

Receivers

• Reduced waiting times for deliveries means greater productivity during the day

Carriers

• Greater productivity as more deliveries can be made in the same amount of time

• Fuel cost savings

• Reduced number of trucks and crews

• Reduction in parking fees

Drivers

• Completed route in less time in NYC, trucks reached their first stop 75% quicker and following stops 50% quicker

• Reduced loading/unloading time in NYC, from 90 min to 30 min

Background Travellers

• Greater network throughput because need for double-parking by trucks during congested periods is reduced

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PAST OPD PILOTS

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New York City

• Aimed at reducing truck traffic within Manhattan, NYC piloted off peak deliveries in late 2009-early 2010

• Partnered with USDOT, NYCDOT, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and others

• 25 receivers and 8 carriers/vendors participated in the pilot

• Group 1: Foot Locker and New Deal Logistics

• Group 2: Sysco and sample of its customers

• Group 3: Whole Foods Market and its vendors

New York City – Lessons Learned & Results

• Recruit partners through project champions (e.g. Whole Foods, Sysco)

• OPDs are approximately 30% cheaper (including premium wages) due to lower operational cost & reduced parking fines

Receivers

• Increased productivity of staff due to fewer “daytime” deliveries (staff could focus more on customers)

Carriers

• Completed more deliveries in the same amount of time

• Fuel cost savings

• Maintained smaller fleets by balancing daytime and nighttime deliveries

• Utilized legal parking options

Drivers

• Reported feeling safer and less stressed

• Completed route in less time

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London Olympics 2012 • In preparation for the 2012 Olympic

Games, Transport for London ran nine OPD pilots ahead of the Games

• Partnered with local boroughs, the Freight Transport Association and the Noise Abatement Society

• Diverse set of establishments examined: • Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd

• McDonalds

• Veolia Commercial & Municipal Refuse

• Marks and Spencer

• The Dorchester Hotel

• The Co-op Convenience Stores

• During the two-week pilot, no complaints were received.

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London: Lessons Learned & Results • Code of Practice developed to assist businesses and

operators in reducing disturbances to local residents

• Simple and practical three part guidelines:

• General guidance on planning for OPD

• Practical measures to reduce noise at the delivery point

• Guidance for delivery drivers

• Abiding by a code of practice helped to overcome the

restrictions that prevent OPD

• OPD increased during the Games, with 17% of freight

operators and 12% of businesses introducing or

increasing OPD

• Legacy: 25% of freight operators and 10% of businesses

who introduced or increased OPD during the Games

intended to continue doing so after the Games

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Code of Practice – Example Guidelines

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Minimize the frequency of opening and

closing vehicle doors.

Switch off engine when not manoeuvering.

Minimize excessive air brake noise.

Switch off reefers.

Minimize contact between hard surfaces.

• Similar to London, OPDs were implemented

in Vancouver for the 2010 Olympic Games.

• The City and VANOC encouraged companies

to consider making or accepting deliveries

during off-peak periods:

• Midnight to 6 am (preferred)

• 6 am to noon (alternate)

• To accommodate these operating hours, the

City temporarily relaxed its noise control by-

law to allow deliveries in the downtown core

24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Vancouver Olympics 2010

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Vancouver: Results

• Fewer overall truck trips into the

downtown core during the Games

• Total truck volumes decreased by 37%

overall.

• Trips into downtown between 12 AM

and 6 AM almost doubled.

• Also added 3 temporary major truck

corridors to the downtown core for the

duration of the Games

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THE GAMES CHALLENGE

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• Ontario’s transportation system:

• Carries 49% of Canada’s total international trade (across all modes)

• Carries almost 70% of road trade with the U.S

• Carries 71% of interprovincial trade

Ontario is Canada’s most significant trade corridor…

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• Over 1.4 million spectators travelling to over 500 sessions at 34 venues

• Expectations across client groups that transportation will be safe, efficient, and seamless

• The Games Route Network, road events, and the traffic interventions that are necessary to

support them will impact freight.

• E.g. interventions: closures, no street parking, turning restrictions, etc.

The Games Challenge 13

OPD for the Pan/Parapan Am Games • To address Games-time transportation

challenges (Games Route Network, road events, road closures and restrictions, heavy demand, etc.)

• Part of a robust Games TDM strategy

• OPD in areas heavily impacted by the Games is a potential strategy to alleviate network pressures in localized areas

• In high activity Games areas, merchants will be

reliant on frequent truck deliveries to maintain

appropriate stock levels (produce, meat,

alcohol, medical supplies, fuel and gases)

• In high activity areas, trucks may not be able to

access their final destination

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Proposed Games Route Network

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• High concentration of

venues in the

downtown core, all

with significant

demand levels

• In these conditions,

maintaining an

acceptable level of

network throughput is

essential to keep

traffic moving

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2015 BAU Conditions

2015 Games-Time Conditions

20% TDM

reduction

required to

return most

corridors to BAU

conditions.

BAU vs. Games-Time

Conditions

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OUR APPROACH

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Objectives

• Assess costs/benefits associated

with offpeak deliveries.

• Explore opportunities for offpeak

deliveries in the GTHA context.

1 Year Prior to the Games During the Games

• Reduce overall demand on

network to mitigate Games Route

Network impact.

• Target hotspots to reduce impacts

around venues.

• Evaluate impacts of OPDs in

alleviating network pressures at

Games-time hotspots.

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Proposed Approach

ENGAGE •Identify and

engage with

municipal

partners and

industry

champions.

•Analyze existing

regulatory

environment.

PLAN •Develop Code of

Practice.

•Develop

performance

measurement &

monitoring plan.

•Draft

implementation

framework.

TEST •Test OPDs for 2-

3 week periods

with 3-4 industry

champions one

year prior to

games.

•Collect and

analyze data.

REFINE •Refine Code of

Practice &

implementation

framework based

on test runs

conducted.

•Conduct

additional trials if

necessary.

COMMUNICATE •Build business directory of establishments located in corridors heavily impacted by the

Games, particularly the Games Route Network.

•Use champions to promote OPD as a potential strategy to try during the Games.

IMPLEMENT &

ANALYZE •Promote OPD as

one strategy to

alleviate network

pressures at

Games hotspots.

•Track and

assess impacts.

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2014 2015

Timeline

OPD for the

Pan/Parapan

Am Games

OPD Trials

with

Industry

Champions

Communications/

Outreach to the

Freight Sector

Develop of OPD

Framework (inc.

Code of Practice)

with Municipalities

& Industry

Champions

Refine framework as

necessary and perform

additional trials if needed.

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2 3

4

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• Ongoing conversations with the City of Toronto:

• Currently working on a Downtown Traffic Operations Study (to be reported on in

November 2013)

• Preliminary discussions with the City of Toronto regarding limiting the project to

specific wards, as overall support may be difficult.

• Concerns that this could become an election issue due to NIMBY constituents in

their ridings.

Discussions To-Date

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• Ongoing Conversations with Industry:

• Gordon Food Service (GFS)

• Canadian Tire

• Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC)

• Key Issues Raised:

• Noise (esp. due to air brakes + back up beepers)

• Additional costs

• Receivers

• Municipal by-laws

• Academic institution to conduct data

collection and analysis

Discussions To-Date

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Your Thoughts… Malvika Rudra

MTO – Pan/Parapan Am Games Branch

(416) 212-0296

Malvika.Rudra@ontario.ca

Matthew Verrall

MTO – Goods Movement Office

(416) 585-7344

Matthew.Verrall@ontario.ca

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