Testing the 'Freight Landscape' Concept for Paris
The concept of 'Freight Landscape,' the basis for a modeling approach for urban freight traffic estimation using commonly available datasets, was proposed by Giuliano et al., 2017, applying it to the Los Angeles metropolitan area. To extend the scope of their research, we conduct another case study, using data from the Paris region, France. We estimate spatial lag models using population, employment or establishment, transportation accessibilities as explanatory variables and network-based truck traffic as the dependent variable, modifying Giuliano et al.'s approach. We identify differences in the characteristics of the variables and the models between Los Angeles and Paris cases, each having distinctively different urban structure from one another. While the models estimated for the Paris region give us beneficial insights on the relationships between Freight Landscape indicators and urban freight traffic, the complex correlation structure among indicators as well as the limitation of the models to specify the areas of very high truck traffic underlines the need for further research on modeling framework and adding more case studies. ; The concept of 'Freight Landscape,' the basis for a modeling approach for urban freight traffic estimation using commonly available datasets, was proposed by Giuliano et al., 2017, applying it to the Los Angeles metropolitan area. To extend the scope of their research, we conduct another case study, using data from the Paris region, France. We estimate spatial lag models using population, employment or establishment, transportation accessibilities as explanatory variables and network-based truck traffic as the dependent variable, modifying Giuliano et al.'s approach. We identify differences in the characteristics of the variables and the models between Los Angeles and Paris cases, each having distinctively different urban structure from one another. While the models estimated for the Paris region give us beneficial insights on the relationships between Freight Landscape ...