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An urban freight transport index

open access: yesProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2010
AbstractA multi-factorial model is presented that assesses the performance of authorities in dealing with the issues derived from freight transport within cities. Such an index was inspired by the efforts made by other OECD countries to lessen environmental and social impacts of freight transport within the urban areas.
Betanzo-Quezada, Eduardo   +1 more
openaire   +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

Data collection framework for understanding UFT within city logistics solutions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Urban Freight Transport (UFT) is a fundamental component of city life. It involves a vast range of activities resulting from relationships among different actors with conflicting needs and goals.
Campagna, Andrea   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Indicators as a Tool for Assessing the Level of Sustainable Urban Freight Logistics

open access: yesPromet (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
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of European Examples of Freight Electric Vehicles Schemes—A Systematic Case Study Approach with Examples from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
E-Mobility is a hot topic, in the public policy area as well as in business and scientific communities. Literature on electric freight transport is still relatively scarce.
Baster, Hanna   +11 more
core   +1 more source

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

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
doaj   +1 more source

Freight Demand Distribution in a Suburban Area: Calibration of an Acquisition Model with Floating Car Data

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, 2022
The paper deals with the interaction between freight flows, land use, and economy of a suburban area. In urban freight distribution, the process of freight acquisition of commercial establishments represents a crucial element.
Giuseppe Battaglia   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Incorporating Rail Transport into a Zero-Emission Urban Deliveries System: Application of Light Freight Railway (LFR) Electric Trains

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
This paper addresses the issue of incorporating rail transport into an urban delivery system. Its main purpose was to identify the possibilities of utilising rail transport in a Zero-emission Urban Delivery System (ZUDS) by applying Light Freight Railway
Krystian Pietrzak   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Urban logistics: how can it meet policy makers' sustainability objectives? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper discusses how urban freight activity can function such that it meets the urban sustainability objectives policy makers are now beginning to implement. It considers: the importance of urban freight transport in maintaining the economic vitality
Hasell   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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