| Ramps for Handcarts and Forklifts | |
| Description: Additions to urban buildings and sidewalk ramps to accommodate forklifts or small handcarts to improve the efficiency of loading and unloading truck activities | |
| Targeted mode: Urban deliveries | Geographic scope: Point |
| Type of initiative: Infrastructure management: minor improvements | Primary objective: Improve inadequate infrastructure |
| Expected costs and level of effort to implement: Effort is required to coordinate multiple stakeholders involved from planning and transportation organizations, real estate developers, and landlords to update and modify current regulations, land use codes, and rezoning strategies. Implementation costs may involve the need to buy or rent additional space, or include costs to retrofit existing buildings, though these costs are generally low and implementation times are short. | |
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 Source: U.S. Department of Justice 2010 |
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| Related alternatives: 1. Freight Parking and Loading Zones; 2. Enhanced Building Codes; 3. Upgrade Parking Areas and Loading Docks | |
| References: Ogden 1992 | |
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