Berlin needs a comprehensible basis to derive the demand for delivery and loading spaces in public road space with professional justification. The existing guideline „Delivery areas for Berlin“ describes a systematic approach that will now be applied in practice, tested and further refined methodologically using a specific study area.

A digital methodology is being developed and exemplified within the project, which allows for the spatial evaluation of structural features such as commercial ground-floor uses and resident populations. The basis for this is, in particular, readily available geodata, open data sources such as OpenStreetMap and Overture, and official statistical data.

Knowledge-based planning is developing a GIS-supported and as repeatable as possible procedure for deriving the basic requirement for delivery areas. The results are prepared cartographically and tabularly, validated, and professionally classified. The goal is not an isolated, individual analysis, but a transparent working basis that helps the administration to evaluate the methodology, develop it further, and in the long term, transfer it to other areas of Berlin.

The focus of my work is the translation of the guidline logic into a practically applicable digital methodology, the acquisition and evaluation of suitable geodata, and the professional assessment of data gaps, simplifications, and limitations of the approach. This creates a robust basis for further planning and internal administrative coordination.