Investigating relationships between road freight transport, facility location, logistics management and urban form

► We examine road freight transport activity and its relationship with urban form. ► We analyse data from fourteen urban areas in the UK. ► Urban economic activity and land use affect the total quantity of freight transport. ► Analysis shows low growth in urban warehousing and suburbanisation of warehousing. ► Larger urban areas shown to have a greater proportion of internal freight activity than smaller ones.