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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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• 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
Matthew Verrall
MTO – Goods Movement Office
(416) 585-7344
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