Currently, one of the main problems related to the freight delivery is the lack of adequate infrastructure for operations in urban areas. In this sense, this paper presents a methodology for diagnosis the urban distribution through a structure of variables related to city logistics. To elaborate the diagnosis, we used interviews with logistics operators, research of rotating places of loading and unloading and traffic count of the study area. The methodology was applied to the central area of Belo Horizonte (MG), and among the results highlight that the loading and unloading place regulated by public authorities on urban roads are occupied mostly by private vehicles. Thus, it is concluded to be necessary parking management solutions, horizontal and vertical signal, further to intensive monitoring to reduce the infraction observed and use rationally the places for the improvement of freight distribution on urban roads. Still the structure of variables related to city logistics consists in methodological contribution of this paper.
of-street loading; diagnosis and evaluation; city logistics