The purpose of this research was to assess and project the effects of online shopping on vehicular traffic. It was anticipated that as more people purchased goods and services online, short-distance traffic would be reduced. The method of study was personal interviews following a literature review of this subject. Efforts were focused on consumers' shipping behaviors and the resulting effects on short-distance traffic. Survey data were combined with forecasts on online shopping volume from eMarketer, and estimates of total trip savings were made for the years 2000 and 2004. The results were not encouraging. The authors estimated that online shopping reduced total short-distance vehicle traffic by only 0.31 percent in 2000, and in 2004, the reduction in short-distance vehicle traffic will be about 0.93%. The implications are that online shopping cannot be counted on for significant reduction in vehicular traffic in the short to immediate term. However, this conclusion will change if technology development moves ahead to the point of making online shopping more attractive for the majority of shoppers.


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    Titel :

    Effects of Online Shopping on Vehicular Traffic


    Beteiligte:
    J. Giglierano (Autor:in) / M. Roldan (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2001


    Format / Umfang :

    84 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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