Passenger and freight travel patterns: A cluster analysis based on urban networks. [PDF]
PLoS ONEWhile research on population travel patterns and urban networks has been active, it has primarily focused on passenger travel, leaving freight travel relatively underexplored.
Soyeong Lee, Heesun Joo
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Modeling the Urban Freight-Transportation System Using the System Dynamics Approach
Systems, 2023 The dynamic and complex interactions between the urban freight-transportation system and population, economy, traffic flow, fuel consumption, and environmental pollution, make policymaking in this system one of the fundamental challenges of urban ...
Seyed Ali Ghaemi +1 more
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Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2023 Supply chains, urban freight logistics and freight transport have been under pressure to improve productivity, quality, and sustainability performance. Conventional methods of practice are unable to respond to this industry’s ever-growing challenges and ...
Douglas Baker +9 more
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Indicators as a Tool for Assessing the Level of Sustainable Urban Freight Logistics
Promet (Zagreb), 2023 Urban transport system planning has been moving towards sustainability in recent years, and the concept of urban freight logistics is an integral part of this planning.
Ladislav Bartuška +3 more
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Barriers to change in urban freight systems: a systematic literature review
European Transport Research Review, 2022 Purpose The purpose of this systematic literature review is to contribute to the knowledge about barriers to change in urban freight systems and to support managed changes toward more sustainable urban freight systems.
Mikael Kervall, Henrik Pålsson
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ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CITY SPRAWL ON URBAN FREIGHT TRANSPORT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Architecture and Engineering, 2021 Introduction: In the 21st century, cities in developing countries have witnessed faster growth as compared with cities in developed countries. Countries like India, China and Brazil have one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
Bhavesh Dhonde, Chetan R. Patel
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Urban freight policy maturity and sustainable logistics: are they related?
Journal of Shipping and Trade, 2023 Problems associated with urban freight are well known and documented in the academic literature, particularly with regards to the impact on air quality and general intrusion of public space.
Jonathan Cowie, Keith Fisken
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Vulnerable road user safety and freight vehicles: A case study in North Carolina and Tennessee
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2022 Increasing freight traffic has posed greater road safety threats to Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), including pedestrians and bicyclists, in urban communities.
Jueyu Wang +4 more
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Plan for sustainable urban logistics – comparing between Scandinavian and UK practices
European Transport Research Review, 2017 Introduction Common practices in current urban logistics planning in Scandinavia and the UK, and the degree to which SUTP (Sustainable Urban Transport Plan), SUMP (Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans) and SULP (Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans) guidelines ...
Karin Fossheim, Jardar Andersen
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Energy Efficiency Assessment of Rail Freight Transport: Freight Tram in Berlin
Energies, 2021 Freight tram systems can potentially reduce commercial road vehicle use and, consequently, reduce congestion, accidents, air pollution, noise levels, and road maintenance costs.
Mohammad Vajihi, Stefano Ricci
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