• Reviewing the latest warehousing trends and related land use, market and economic analysis, and traffic research; • Conducting an analysis of the CRCOG region to determine land suitable for future warehousing/distribution center development; • Identifying various warehouse and distribution center types and their typical land use requirements; • Assessing trip generation, traffic, and delivery distribution (via counting and/or modeling) associated with operational large scale (est. 500,000+ square feet) warehousing, distribution centers, including e-commerce trip delivery at larger scale residential buildings and within congested urban areas; • Identifying warehousing/e-commerce related transportation infrastructure needs; • Reviewing the economic consequences of warehouse siting (impacts and benefits) to the local community, municipality, and region; • Determining the extent to which distribution centers are sited in environmental justice (EJ) communities and if there are disproportionate negative impacts in terms of traffic, noise, and/or air quality. The study should examine e-commerce related shifts in travel for multiple types of communities – urban, inner ring suburbs, suburbs, and rural areas.
