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Institute of Housing & Mobility Challenges facing the EDS industry in Canada's urban centres TABLE 12: NUMBER OF DAILY DELIVERIES MADE TO THE STUDY AREA IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO Pckages delivered Number April 80,256 June 76,188 September 78,353 December 89,038 Average (study area) 80,958 Total packages in Canada 2,460,614 The next four figures present the spatial distribution of deliveries to the downtown area for one week each in April, June, September, and December of 2007. The spatial distribution of packages delivered in April is presented in Figure 28, which also highlights the Yonge and King Street intersection. The other three key intersections i.e. King and Bay, Bay and Queen, and Yonge and Queen are also marked by dots in Figure 28. It should come as no surprise that the area highlighted earlier with the highest concentration of employment in downtown is also the area where the highest volume of deliveries is observed. The three TAZs which received the highest deliveries, averaging around 7,000 deliveries per day, are located immediately to the west of Bay street bounded by King street to the south and Queen street to the north. The second highest concentration is observed for the TAZ located immediately to the south-west of Yong and King street intersection. Given that 80% of deliveries consist of a single package (see the discussion later), such high numbers represent a very high volume of couriers and same day messengers in a very small space. As one moves away from the key business area around Yonge and King, one could observe a decline in the delivery rate for couriers and same day messengers. However, the TAZ located immediately to the north-west of the Yonge and Bloor intersection in mid-town, marked as yellow in Figure 33, suggests a very high concentration of courier activity resulting from high concentration of service industry in that area. Figure 29, Figure 30, and Figure 31 present the spatial distribution of the courier delivery data in the study region. It is obvious from these figures that the spatial distribution of the deliveries does not change with the season because an identical pattern is observed in these figures. What is interesting in Figure 31 is the higher rates of deliveries where the pink colour represents the delivery of 8,000 or higher, which is significantly higher than the highest categories observed for April, June, and September. Page 48
Institute of Housing & Mobility Challenges facing the EDS industry in Canada's urban centres Yonge and King FIGURE 28: SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF DAILY DELIVERIES IN APRIL 2007 Market_Apr_Pkgs 799 and below (30) 800 to 1999 (15) 2000 to 3599 (7) 3600 to 6999 (4) 7000 and above (2) 0 .5 1 1.5 Kilometers Yonge and King FIGURE 29: SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF DAILY DELIVERIES IN JUNE 2007 Market_Jun_Pkgs 899 and below (33) 900 to 2399 (14) 2400 to 3799 (6) 3800 to 6999 (3) 7000 and above (2) 0 .5 1 1.5 Kilometers Page 49
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