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The scope for sustainable distribution and servicing in the Regent Street area of Central London

The scope for sustainable distribution and servicing in the Regent Street area of Central London. LRN 2009 Cardiff Business School 10 September 2009. Marzena Piotrowska, Michael Browne, Darren Briggs, Julian Richardson, Ian Wainwright. Regent Street characteristics.

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The scope for sustainable distribution and servicing in the Regent Street area of Central London

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  1. The scope for sustainable distribution and servicing in the Regent Street area of Central London LRN 2009 Cardiff Business School 10 September 2009 Marzena Piotrowska, Michael Browne, Darren Briggs, Julian Richardson, Ian Wainwright

  2. Regent Street characteristics • Situated in Central London in the borough of City of Westminster and in the heart of London’s West End • Occupied mostly by commercial tenants • Prime shopping and tourist destination • In 2008 over £4.5 billion was spent in the West End, making it the UK's top retail centre

  3. Retail outlets Fashion and shoe stores Cafés and restaurants Healthcare and toiletries stores Jewellers Banks Luggage and leather goods stores Opticians Electronic and electrical goods stores Children / Toy stores Sportswear stores Home furnishings stores Mixed goods store Non-retail businesses Accountants Business Consultants Financial Advisors Legal Firms Recruitment Advisors Medical Institutions Travel Agents Other (i.e. retailers’ Head Offices, publishers) Tenants in Regent Street

  4. Planned Regent Street improvements • Wider pavements • Reduced traffic volumes • Off-site consolidation centre serving local businesses

  5. Aims of the study • Gain better understanding of freight transport and servicing activities taking place in the Regent Street area • Identify viable ways in which the existing operations can be made more sustainable

  6. Research methodology • Tenant survey – a questionnaire completed by retail and office tenants • Observation and vehicle count survey • Driver interviews

  7. Tenant survey • Total of 484 questionnaires were distributed to: Retailers – 122 questionnaires Office tenants – 362 questionnaires • Overall response rate – 21% • Designed to gather information about freight and service related activities taking place at tenants’ premises

  8. Observations and vehicle count • Conducted at 14 sites in Regent Street area over a 48 hour period • Started at 07:00 hours on 20 January 2009 and finished at 07:00 hours on the 22 January 2009 • Total of 2134 vehicle counts were recorded • Collected data and information helped to understand freight and service related activities taking place in the surveyed area.

  9. Driver interviews • Combined with observations and vehicle count at 14 sites in Regent Street area • Total of 314 drivers were interviewed which accounts for about 15% of the total vehicle count • Drivers asked about key facts related to their journey to the Regent Street area

  10. Freight and service vehicles

  11. 1000 900 800 700 Collection 600 Delivery Count 500 Servicing Waste Collection 400 Other 300 200 100 0 LGVs HGVs LGVs& HGVs – Trip purpose

  12. Deliveries to Regent Street area

  13. 160 140 120 100 LGVs Count 80 HGVs 60 40 20 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Time (Hrs) Arrivals of LGVs and HGVs

  14. Deliveries and Services– activities during the day

  15. Dwell Time of LGVs and HGVs

  16. Dwell time by trip purpose - LGVs

  17. Conclusions • Significant number of freight and servicing vehicles • LGVs accounting for 63% of all recorded counts and dominating all operations except for waste collections • Majority of vehicles involved in delivery operations • Service trips carried out mainly by LGVs • Little activity outside 9am – 5pm window – potential scope for out of hours deliveries

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