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Institute of Hous<strong>in</strong>g & Mobility<br />

Challenges <strong>fac<strong>in</strong>g</strong> the EDS <strong>in</strong>dustry <strong>in</strong> Canada's <strong>urban</strong> <strong>centres</strong><br />

Another measure of the <strong>in</strong>tensity of courier and same day messenger activity is to plot <strong>delivery</strong><br />

densities <strong>in</strong> downtown Toronto. The three-dimensional plot reveals that the busiest TAZ <strong>in</strong> the study<br />

area attracts a <strong>delivery</strong> density of 80,000 parcels per square kilometre per day.<br />

FIGURE 32: DELIVERY DATA DENSITY IN STUDY AREA<br />

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