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Urban freight consultations in the Paris region [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Transport Research Review, 2011
This article describes recent freight consultations in the Paris region (called the Ile de France) and assesses their usefulness to the urban freight policy. The Ile de France is one of 22 French regions, and is one of the largest and most developed metropolitan areas in Europe.
Dablanc, L, Diziain, D, Levifve, H
openaire   +1 more source

The freight landscape: Convergence and divergence in urban freight distribution

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2017
The paper introduces the concept of the freight landscape: the spatial distribution of freight activity and intensity in a metropolitan area. Using population and employment density information, a freight landscape matrix is calculated for four major metropolitan areas: New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Seoul.
Rodrigue, Jean Paul   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Freight-on-Transit for Urban Last-Mile Deliveries: A Strategic Planning Approach

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2023
We study a delivery strategy for last-mile deliveries in urban areas which combines freight transportation with mass mobility systems with the goal of creating synergies contrasting negative externalities caused by transportation.
D. Delle Donne   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evaluation of urban freight transport operations in Surakarta city

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
In an effort to monitor and control the urban freight transport, the Municipal Government of Surakarta City issue a dispensation license for freight vehicles through the inner-city road. Nevertheless, the facts indicate that traffic violations by freight
Budi Yulianto
doaj   +1 more source

Adoption of environmentally friendly urban freight logistics practices: the role of communication and governance [PDF]

open access: yesUrbanization, Sustainability and Society
Purpose – Environmental emissions are increasing in the urban areas. Much of the emissions arise from public procurement activities given that public sector firms are major customers to many supplying firms.
Sheila Namagembe, Shamim Nantumbwe
doaj   +1 more source

Development of urban freight trip generation models concerning establishment classification process for a developing country

open access: yesInternational Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 2022
The objective of this study is to develop the Freight Trip Generation (FTG) models concerning establishment classification process for estimating freight trip activity.
Marimuthu Venkadavarahan   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assesment of the potential of cargo bikes and electrification for last-mile parcel delivery by means of simulation of urban freight flows

open access: yesEuropean Transport Research Review, 2021
Background The paper presents a simulation model for freight. In the paper, this model is applied to understand the impacts of electric vans and cargo bikes for the last-mile delivery of parcels.
C. Llorca, R. Moeckel
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How to build stakeholder participation in collaborative urban freight planning

open access: yesCities, 2021
Although freight issues are often the subject of controversy within urban communities, urban freight stakeholders rarely participate in local planning processes.
Astrid Bjørgen   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Different Charging Strategies for Electric Vehicle Fleets in Urban Freight Transport

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
The transition from diesel-driven urban freight transport towards more electric urban freight transport turns out to be challenging in practice. A major concern for transport operators is how to find a reliable charging strategy for a larger electric ...
B. Kin, Meike Hopman, H. Quak
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Urban Freight Transport Electrification in Westbank, Palestine: Environmental and Economic Benefits

open access: yesEnergies, 2022
Recently, due to the industrial and e-commerce revolution, the freight transport sector has grown rapidly and has become one of the key factors for economic development.
Fady M. A. Hassouna
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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