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IDENTIFYING DOMINANT STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN FREIGHT POLICIES: A Q-ANALYSIS ON URBAN CONSOLIDATION CENTRES IN THE NETHERLANDS

open access: yesTransport, 2018
Cities’ sustainability strategies seem to aim at the reduction of the negative impacts of urban freight transport. In the past decades, many public and private initiatives have struggled to gain broad stakeholder support and thus remain viable ...
Ron van Duin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization of Electric Bus Scheduling for Mixed Passenger and Freight Flow in an Urban-Rural Transit System

open access: yesIEEE transactions on intelligent transportation systems (Print), 2023
Transport accessibility and urban-rural connectivity are seen as critical aspects of rural economic development. In the transit network, passenger flow between urban-rural corridors demonstrates directional imbalances and low utilization of scarce ...
Ziling Zeng, X. Qu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Data stories from urban loading bays

open access: yesEuropean Transport Research Review, 2017
Purpose Freight vehicle parking facilities at large urban freight traffic generators, such as urban retail malls, are often characterized by a high volume of vehicle arrivals and a poor parking supply infrastructure.
Giacomo Dalla Chiara, Lynette Cheah
doaj   +1 more source

Some methods of improving freight transportation in short hauls [PDF]

open access: yesTransport, 2003
The results obtained in the investigation aimed to improve the transportation of commercial freight for short hauls in the city are presented. The performed tasks included the statistical analysis of freight flows; the forecast of the freight flows; a ...
DanutÄ— BagdonienÄ—
doaj   +2 more sources

A Conceptual Model Based on the Activity System and Transportation System for Sustainable Urban Freight Transport

open access: yesSustainability, 2021
Urban freight transport (UFT) is simultaneously responsible for maintaining the urban lifestyle and the negative externalities impacting urban areas, necessitating strategies that promote sustainable urban freight transport (SUFT).
D. R. Cassiano   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Integration of Urban Freight in Public Transportation: A Systematic Literature Review

open access: yesSustainability
Urban logistics face growing complexity as cities seek sustainable development pathways; one solution is integrating freight transportation with public transit.
A. Amrani   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Understanding and Predicting Trends in Urban Freight Transport [PDF]

open access: yes2017 18th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Data Management (MDM), 2017
Among different components of urban mobility, urban freight transport is usually considered as the least sustainable. Limited traffic infrastructures and increasing demands in dense urban regions lead to frequent delivery runs with smaller freight vehicles.
Petar Mrazovic   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Fuel cell drive for urban freight transport in comparison to diesel and battery electric drives: a case study of the food retailing industry in Berlin

open access: yesEuropean Transport Research Review, 2021
The option of decarbonizing urban freight transport using battery electric vehicle (BEV) seems promising. However, there is currently a strong debate whether fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) might be the better solution.
John Kenneth Winkler   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The complexity of planning for goods delivery in a shared urban space: a case study involving cyclists and trucks

open access: yesEuropean Transport Research Review, 2017
Introduction Growth in urban areas has resulted in conflicts between road users as they share the roadway. Such conflicts are only exacerbated by failings in the planning process. The purpose of this study is to examine, through a case study in Trondheim,
Kelly Pitera   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring of urban freight flows distribution considering the human factor

open access: yes, 2021
The intensive growth of urban freight transport leads to an increase in the amount of transport links, which causes problems such as traffic congestion, an imbalance between the transport services demand and the actual capacity of roads, and the negative
N. Davidich   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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