Abstract
Regulating the curbside usage of delivery vehicles and ride-hailing services as well as micromobility has been a challenge in the last years, a challenge which might worsen with the increase of autonomous vehicles. The contribution of the research outlined in this paper is an evaluation method of the land use of on-demand meal delivery services such as Deliveroo and UberEats. It evaluates the effect parking policies, operating strategy changes, and scheduling options have on the land consumption of bicycle couriers and sidewalk automated delivery robots (SADRs). Various operating strategies (i.e., shared fleets and fleets operated by restaurants), parking policies (i.e., parking at the restaurant, parking at the customer or no parking) and scheduling options (i.e., one meal per vehicle, multiple meals per vehicle) are simulated and applied to New York City (NYC). Additionally, the time-area requirements of on-demand meal delivery services are calculated based on GPS traces of Deliveroo and UberEats riders in two UK cities. The simulation in the paper shows that SADRs can reduce the time-area requirements by half compared with bicycle couriers. The effect of operating strategy changes and forbidding vehicles to park at the customer’s home is small. Delivering multiple meals in one tour halves the time-area requirements. The time-area requirements based on GPS traces is around 300 m2·min per order. The study allows policymakers to learn more about the land use of on-demand meal delivery services and how these can be influenced. Hence, they can adjust their policy strategies to ensure that on-demand meal delivery services are provided in a way that they use land effectively, reduce external costs, improve sustainability and benefit everyone.
Highlights
With increasing urbanization, the number of highly dense megacities climbs [1]
The second study simulates various operating strategies and parking policies and the third study simulates scheduling options
The share of the waiting time shows the percentage of time when the bicycle courier is stationary
Summary
The number of highly dense megacities climbs [1]. The resulting growth in production and consumption in cities increases demand for urban freight transport [1]. The market of on-demand meal delivery platforms such as Grubhub (www.Grubhub.com, accessed on 5 February 2021) and Eat. On-demand meal delivery can be divided into platform-to-customer delivery such as Deliveroo and restaurant-to-customer delivery such as Domino’s. The importance of managing road space effectively is a key objective to ensure that all people have adequate access to space on the roads to fulfill their mobility needs [27]. Researchers devote their time to develop methodologies to model and optimize road space usage for various modes of transport as well as improve the allocation of space to specific modes of transport
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