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Sustainable Urban Freight for Energy-Efficient Smart Cities—Systematic Literature Review
Energies, 2023 Smart cities need energy-efficient and low-emission transportation for people and goods. Most studies focus on sustainable urban-transportation systems for passengers.
P. Golińska-Dawson, Kanchana Sethanan
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Seeking equity and justice in urban freight: where to look?
Transport reviews, 2023 Urban freight systems embed and reflect spatial inequities in cities and imbalanced power structures within transport decision-making. These concerns are principal domains of “transportation justice” (TJ) and “mobility justice” (MJ) scholarship that have
Travis Fried +3 more
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Mathematics, 2023 The tension between city logistics and its impact on sustainable urban development is evident. Often, local environmental decisions overlook the effects on urban freight logistics, lacking consideration for stakeholders.
Sandra Milena Álvarez Gallo, J. Maheut
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Freight flows and urban hierarchy [PDF]
Research in Transportation Business & Management, 2014 Varying hierarchy of freight flows between urban areas is the focus of this study. The results of a French survey that describes shipments sent by firms are used for understanding freight flows. The survey shows that the pattern of freight flows between urban areas in France is hierarchical, but varies depending upon whether the flows are generated by ...
Guerrero, David, Proulhac, Laurent
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Defining Urban Freight Microhubs: A Case Study Analysis
Sustainability, 2022 Urban freight distribution has confronted several challenges, including negative environmental, social, and economic impacts. Many city logistics initiatives that use the concept of Urban Consolidation Centers (UCCs) have failed. The failure of many UCCs
Konstantina Katsela +4 more
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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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Smart city for sustainable urban freight logistics
International Journal of Production Research, 2021 Sustainability has become an important objective of city logistics management. Smart city, being a technology and data driven paradigm for a city’s sustainable development, has entailed new research opportunities from different perspectives.
S. Pan +4 more
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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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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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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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