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Municipal economy of citiesThe article is devoted to the formation of a logistics system for transporting goods using "green technology". The feasibility of using electrically powered vehicles from the point of view of the carrier is proposed to be determined taking into account ...
V. Voronko +4 more
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Sustainability, 2021 During the last years, e-commerce has grown rapidly. As a result, the number of parcel deliveries in urban areas is increasing, which affects the inner-city traffic and leads to congestion and air pollution, thereby decreasing the quality of life in ...
Anne Büttgen +2 more
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Leveraging Public Transit for Robotic Deliveries: A Column Generation Approach
Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.ABSTRACT Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are small, electric, wheeled vehicles that operate at pedestrian speeds. In the last‐mile delivery service considered in this study, a fleet of AMRs is deployed across multiple recharging depots within a service area, from which they depart to perform point‐to‐point deliveries. We consider an operational setting
Yishay Shapira, Mor Kaspi
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Electric Cargo Tricycle-A New Mobility [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesAn electric cargo tricycle combines electric assistance with a cargo-carrying design to enhance load-carrying capability and sustainability for short-distance transport.
Mastanamma Y. +4 more
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Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT People with physical disabilities face significant mobility challenges while climbing uneven surfaces and staircases. In these circumstances, traditional wheelchairs do not provide stable, safely controlled mobility, underscoring the importance of building superior stair‐climbing wheelchairs for both medical and infrastructure purposes.
Gopisetti Manikanta +10 more
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Future TransportationHydrogen-powered cargo bikes are gaining increasing attention in the framework of urban logistics, thanks to their enhanced agility to travel and park in congested areas, low carbon footprint, and extended traveling range. Nevertheless, deploying a fleet
Stavros Skarlis +4 more
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Understanding how to ensure efficient operation of cargo bikes on winter roads
, 2021 Urban freight by motorized transport poses a threat to the sustainable development of modern city centers through extensive emissions of greenhouse gasses, contributing to congestion, and increasing the risk of traffic accidents.
Ådne Dybdalen, E. Ryeng
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Cargo bikes - Sustainable logitics in Germany and beyond
Internationales Verkehrswesen, 2016 Still common in many places, especially in emerging and developing countries, cargo bikes were long considered ineicient and outdated. However, as urbanization accelerates and transport volumes continue to rise, cargo bikes and smart logistics concepts could be a viable part of the future.
Michel Arnd, Kristin Eichwede
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT ‘Hard’ natural sciences have extensively been used to provide evidence that climate change is happening and climate action is needed. If the contribution of our economic activities to disturbing our climate systems is now largely accepted, the way in which we design and operationalise ‘climate action’—how we transition to more sustainable ...
Sandrine Simon
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Future TransportationThe supply chain sector plays a crucial role in driving economic development and globalization. However, the environmental repercussions of logistics and freight transport have become more pronounced.
Ioannis Chatziioannou +5 more
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