An Impact of Decentralized Small Scale Industry on Intra-City Freight Trips in Developing Nation

Abstract

Urban freight movement is the lifeline for any city around the world. Freight trips in the city are basically for two purposes, primary trips catering to the needs of local population which remains more of less constant for a given population and secondary trips produced by the industrial activities carried out in the city, which are dependent of the nature and size of the industry. Decentralized nature of industry is bound to generate more freight trips as compared to an integrated industry with its components under a single roof. In the present study the impact of decentralized small scale industry induced freight trips on the overall traffic flows is studied. Surat city with predominant presence of textile industry is taken as a case study. The study brings to notice the extent of impact the regular traffic, useful for transport and urban planners to device curbing strategies.