This report provides a platform for understanding urban freight and commercial vehicle travel and is based on an analysis of the greater Sydney Commercial Vehicle Survey (CVS). The 1991-92 Commercial Vehicle Survey (CVS) of the greater Sydney metropolitan region was carried out by the Transport Data Centre (TDC) in NSW, to assist the understanding of urban freight movements. This report uses the CVS database to analyse freight and commercial vehicle characteristics of the Sydney region. Specifically, it provides: a) an aggregated quantitative description of commercial vehicle activities and movement characteristics within the greater Sydney area; b) an overview of the CVS from a data collection perspective; c) implications for transport planning and policy. This research has clearly shown the disparate and ubiquitous nature of urban goods movement. It raises many questions and in the process has identified several areas of further research, indicating that freight should remain as a high priority in transport research. (A)
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