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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

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

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

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
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Loading bay booking and control for urban freight [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Exploring the Sustainable Effects of Urban-Port Road System Reconstruction

open access: yesEnergies, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding urban freight activity – key issues for freight planning

open access: yes, 2012
Using information gathered from some 30 UK surveys undertaken over the last decade, this paper provides planners with an understanding of road-based urban retail freight transport activity. The findings suggest that the average High Street business could
Tom Cherrett   +24 more
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DIFFERENT URBAN CONSOLIDATION CENTRE SCENARIOS: IMPACT ON EXTERNAL COSTS OF LAST-MILE DELIVERIES

open access: yesTransport, 2018
The identification and mitigation of negative externalities from goods deliveries in urban areas are important aspects of sustainable urban development.
Marko Veličković   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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