A LOGISTICS CENTRE STRATEGY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF GOODS MOVEMENT AND FREIGHT VEHICLES ON THE ROADS OF THE CENTRAL REGION OF MEXICO

摘要

This paper is focused on the movement of goods and freight vehicles in the CentralRegion of Mexico, which has a market of over 30 million inhabitants inside multiple citiesforming the megalopolis.The paper contains three main parts. The first part presents the general concept ofLogistics Centre (LC) and the description of an Integrated Merchandize Centre (IMC). AnIMC is a LC infrastructure which can be useful for improving the trucks flow in the CentralRegion.The second part presents an analysis of the flow on the road network within the CentralRegion, which is based on traffic counts. The flow analysis includes total flow, trucks flow,trucks flow at “rush hour”, and trucks flow per vehicle type. Also, an analysis of the sevencorridors which cross the Central Region is included.The third part of the paper is focused on the following: i) the location of Strategic LogisticalNodes (SLN) in the Central Region; ii) the pre-feasible profiles for IMC; and iii) thepossibility of using basic modules for the integration of different types of IMCs.The analysis allowed indentify opportunity niches in industrial and services sectors whichare important for the development of LC projects in the Central Region, and the bestplaces for the LC location.The main benefit of the implementation of LC in the identified SLN is the logistical territorialmanagement which contributes to reduce congestion, travel time, land-use conflicts andemissions.