Challenges for CBD Freight –A perspective from Sydney

Marg Prendergast, Coordinator GeneralSydney Coordination Office

29 March 2017

Responding to growth:• Sydney’s population is expected to leap by more than 2.1

million people in the next 20 years - about 170,000 more than predicted only two years ago.

• Transport for NSW is overseeing the largest transformation of the Sydney CBD transport network in decades to address it.

The demand :• Over 630,000 trips are made to the city centre daily – 67% by

public transport and 20% by car. This is forecast to increase by 25% (155,000 trips) by 2031.

• Over 1.26 travel trips are made within the city for work, education, shopping, leisure and city living each day. These trips will increase by 35% to 1.7M by 2031.

• 100,000 jobs created in the city centre over the next 20 years.

Tomorrow’s Sydney

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When does it apply?• Major traffic and transport infrastructure projects

• Major precinct projects

• Significant property/urban development

Why?• Cumulative or incidental impacts on the transport network

• Communication of traffic and transport changes

• Balancing the needs and timing of various developments

• Supporting businesses and the community

• Providing one voice and strong communications

Coordination Model

Functions include:• Communications

• Operational planning: traffic management and contingency planning

• Strategic and land use planning (including development approvals)

• Freight planning: deliveries and servicing

• Business and community support (i.e. activation during periods of disruption)

• Facilitating special events

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• Extensive Communications

• Traffic and Incident Management to support George Street closures

• Capacity Improvements

• Bus Plan

• Travel Demand Management

• Activation

• Special Events

• Freight and Servicing

Sydney Coordination Office Activities

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Tomorrow’s Sydney Advertising

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Planning improvements: • Develop Major Incident Bus Plan;• Develop contingency road closures for incidents and major planned infrastructure works; • Test proposed contingency plans against scenarios and modify accordingly.

Operational improvements: • Enhance the dedicated monitoring within the TMC and in the field;• Work with agencies including key services utility providers;• After major weekend closures, start the planning for the Monday AM peak on Sunday evening.

Infrastructure:• Additional VMS or CCTV infrastructure at key approaches to the CBD.

Operational Management

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Plan and prepare to manage unplanned incidents that impact the operation of the CBD transport network on a 24 / 7 basis

• Enhancing dedicated CBD real-time resources in the TMC;

• Establishing dedicated CBD real-time resources in the field;

• Maintain traffic signal operations during power or communication outages;

• Establishing a CBD tow-away zone.

Enhancing Real-time Management

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Capacity Improvement and Bus Plan

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We have engaged With 640

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We have run88 workshopsheld with 550

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Travel Choices

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Maintaining a vibrant city during transformation

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Sydney CBD Freight Task

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• Strong growth• Constrained network and limited kerbside capacity• Maintaining Business as Usual• Adapting to evolving market dynamics

The CBD Freight Challenge

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• Heavy goods vehicles are efficient, but present access challenges

• Light commercial vehicles are highly flexible for small “just in time” deliveries, but impact road capacity

Efficient Freight vs CBD Challenges

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Managing Kerbside Space• Over 200 buildings in the CBD have an off-street loading dock• Major transport projects have reduced overall loading zone capacity by:

– 13% in the AM peak – 2% in the inter-peak– 20% in the PM peak

• Additional private and public construction will place greater pressure on kerbside capacity

• Accommodating special events• TfNSW are continuously exploring opportunities for new timed loading zones

The SCO is working to change the nature of transformation approaches to be more service orientated.

The city is not going to return to its previous operating state.

Innovation and adaption is a necessity.

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Freight Roundtable Actions: September 2016

1. Loading docks2. Changing

demand profile (Business 2 Consumer)

3. Retiming

4. Kerbside management5. City logistics hubs

6. Walking, cycling & small electric vehicles

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Efficiency

FlexibilityLast mile

CBD transformation

Agile & resilient responses

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Less capacity – growing demand

Key messages for freight and servicing are:

Freight Innovation and Adaptation

RetimeShifting freight and servicing activities to outside peak times gives opportunities for greater efficiency

ReduceConsolidate, improve utilisation, reduce trip numbers, sustainable procurement, building delivery service plans

Remode Use efficient modes for distribution in the CBD where feasible

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Retime Benefits and How to Achieve Them

Benefits can be achieved and opportunities maximised if all parties work together.

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• Service retiming trial recorded:– 6x improvement in productivity– 5x decrease in KMs travelled in

CBD– 4x decrease in total hours

Retime: Trials in Action

• Testing the ability to schedule less time critical deliveries from peak periods to off-peak periods.

• Extending local loadingzones enabled late eveningdeliveries for a CBD retailer

Key takeaway: Shifting freight and servicing activities to outside peak times gives opportunities for greater efficiency

• Large trucks are an efficient way to deliver to large stores

• Forward and real-time optimisation of trips

• Some businesses have consolidated the delivery requirements of multiple divisions resulting in freight savings

• Optimising dock designs

• Rationalise service levels: Amazon Effect and same day delivery – are these service levels always necessary?

Improved efficiency through fewer vehicle trips

Reduce

Key takeaway: Consolidate, improve utilisation, reduce trip numbers, sustainable procurement, building delivery service plans

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TfNSW is developing an approach for sustainable procurement. Our target is to:

• Save delivery visits to government offices by over 40%

• Reduce VKTs and

• Reduce vehicle emissions

Service level impacts and sustainable procurement

Reduce: Trials in Action

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Key takeaway: Consolidate, improve utilisation, reduce trip numbers, sustainable procurement, building delivery service plans

Alternatives are being investigated – and used – for getting freight around the CBD

• Improved loading docks in new buildings

• CBD freight consolidation hubs

• Beer deliveries adapting to a changing environment

• Small electric vehicles trial

Remode

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Key takeaway: Use efficient modes for distribution in the CBD where feasible

Remode: Trials in ActionGoulburn Street Courier Hub

• Provides off-street parking, secure cages and lockers for deliveries

• Couriers are using the hub 60 times a day on average

• At full capacity, it is estimated the hub could ease congestion by saving 26,000 kilometres travelled by van in the CBD and reducing loading zone usage by 4,600 hours.

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Key takeaway: Use efficient modes for distribution in the CBD where feasible

• Active transport can be efficient alternatives for small item delivery across the CBD

• In total, the bike courier run took half the time of a van, travelled less distance and used a third of the kerbside/footpath parking

Remode: Trials in Action

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Bonds Couriers Despatch Manager testimonial: “While it is

difficult to empirically

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strong service benefit to

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to the use of pushbikes.”

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The city is not returning to the form it was. Innovation needs application on the roads and streets.

Cooperative approaches can produce efficient and a socially and environmentally acceptable outcome.

cbdfreight@transport.nsw.gov.auTransport for NSW continues to encourage, assist and enable innovation and adaptation

How will you adapt to the future of this City?