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Emerging trends for urban freight transport-The potential for sustainable micromobility. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 AimActive transportation referring to non-motorized modes of transport is promoted and popularized both in practice and in the scientific literature, while their use for urban freight transport has been largely neglected. Thus the main scope of the paper
Jagienka Rześny-Cieplińska +3 more
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Evaluating urban freight transport policies within complex urban environments [PDF]
International journal of transport economics, 2018 Urban Freight Transport (UFT) entails significant advantages for the economic growth of cities, but can also hamper population quality of life, obstructing vehicles and people movements while exacerbating environmental problems. Many initiatives have been engaged by many city administrators in order to efficiently manage UFT, evaluating different ...
Sanz, Guillem +3 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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Promet (Zagreb), 2023 Freight transport significantly contributes to urban traffic but is often overlooked by decision-makers compared to passenger transport. Conventional transportation modelling studies often use aggregate approaches for freight transport, undoubtedly due ...
Berna Aksoy, Mustafa Gursoy
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 The healthy development of railway container transport is an important part of railway freight transport and is key for promoting the green transformation of China's transport and supporting a new pattern of transport development.
Zhizhen Bai +7 more
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An Evaluation of Ireland’s Sustainable Freight Transport Policy
Logistics, 2022 Background: The Irish government has put forth sustainable transport policy measures, yet the emphasis is mainly on the active travel and sustainable mobility for passenger transport.
Xu Zhang +2 more
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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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Exploring the effects of economic crisis in road transport: The case of Greece
International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology, 2018 The transport sector is closely related to the economy of a country. This mainly applies to urban areas, which play an essential economic role in a country’s GDP. According to the EC’s Green Paper 2007 for urban mobility, approximately 1% of the EU’s GDP
Tatiana Moschovou, Yannis Tyrinopoulos
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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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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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