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Indicators as a Tool for Assessing the Level of Sustainable Urban Freight Logistics
Promet (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
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Urban Freight Transport Electrification in Westbank, Palestine: Environmental and Economic Benefits
Energies, 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
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Journal 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
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Energies, 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
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Decarbonizing Freight Transport [PDF]
, 2022 This Open-Access-Book analyzes the acceptance of sustainable freight transport and suggests a new framework for policy measures to decarbonize freight transport.
Pfoser, Sarah
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Consolidation & coordination in urban freight transport [PDF]
, 2017 Due to growing urbanization, fragmentation of freight flows, and increasingly strict delivery conditions, cities around the world have to deal with a vastly increasing number of freight transport flows. Carriers are unable to efficiently bundle these flows, resulting in inefficient urban transport.
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Loading bay booking and control for urban freight [PDF]
, 2011 This paper investigates the concept of a loading bay advance booking and control system for delivery and service vehicle drivers. A case study of Winchester High Street is presented to illustrate the potential impact of such a system.
Cherrett, Tom, McLeod, Fraser
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Exploring the Sustainable Effects of Urban-Port Road System Reconstruction
Energies, 2021 The aim of the research is to identify and quantify the direct sustainable effects resulting from the improved road infrastructure in the local urban-port transport system. This case study considers the city port of Szczecin (Poland).
Dariusz Bernacki, Christian Lis
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Optimization of the FURBOT Urban Freight Transport Scheme
Transportation Research Procedia, 2015 AbstractThe paper refers to an innovative urban freight distribution scheme, aimed at reducing the externalities connected with the freight delivery process. Both packages destined to commercial activities and to end consumers (e-commerce) are taken into account. Each package is characterized by an address and dimensions.
CEPOLINA, ELVEZIA MARIA +1 more
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Survey techniques in urban freight transport studies
, 2012 This article reviews and assesses the various survey techniques that have been used in studies in which data have been collected to obtain an understanding of road-based urban freight transport activities.
Browne, Michael +8 more
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