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SystemsThe integration of passenger and freight transport by urban–rural buses is an effective approach to address two critical issues: the inefficiency of parcel delivery services and the financial struggles of public transport operators.
Xiaoting Shang +3 more
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European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2002 To write a book with such a special subject as City Logistics is not an easy venture. But Taniguchi, Thompson, Yamada and van Duin succeeded to submit a scientifically sound report of this subject, where the main stress is centred on the modelling of ...
Uwe Köhler
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Survey and Modelling in Urban Freight Transport
, 1995 Introduction. - The rise of congestion problems in urban surroundings and the environmental problems they induce need the definition of a global policy including the freight.For the last few years, several attempts have been done in some European countries to control the goods distribution in the cities:- in switzerland, the "Energie 2000" program ...
Le Nir, Michel, Routhier, Jean-Louis
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Data-Driven Optimisation of Urban Freight Transport Using the Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology
Urban ScienceUrban freight transport systems are increasingly recognised as a critical factor in metropolitan sustainability. In the case of Sfax, Tunisia’s second-largest city, persistent congestion, logistical inefficiencies and environmental pressures have ...
Tarak Barhoumi +2 more
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LogisticsBackground: Urban freight transport has recently garnered significant attention from both professionals and academics due to its pivotal role in fostering economic and social development. Despite notable progress, this sector faces challenges that hinder
Hana Ayadi +3 more
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Towards a Sustainable Urban Freight Transport and Urban Distribution
Journal of Traffic and Logistics Engineering, 2013 Abstract—The objectives of this paper are to: a) develop a comprehensive sustainability impact assessment framework, aiming to improve the use of urban freight transportation in terms of modes, b) support showcasing of urban distribution fleet from a logistics provider and c) apply the proposed sustainability impact assessment framework for the ...
Eftihia G. Nathanail +1 more
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Sustainable FuturesUrban freight systems are essential to economic activity but generate significant environmental, spatial, and social pressures, particularly in rapidly growing cities.
Tarak Barhoumi +2 more
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Research of the potential opportunities of crowdshipping: The case study of Ukraine and the Czech Republic [PDF]
MATEC Web of ConferencesUrbanization and the growth of e-commerce are the main factors behind the growth of last-mile delivery volumes. Crowdshipping using the public transport system is one of the relatively new scenarios for the organization of such delivery.
Svadlenka Libor +2 more
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Barriers to and enablers for European rail freight transport for integrated door-to-door logistics service. Part 2: Enablers for multimodal rail freight transport [PDF]
Transport Problems, 2014 The objective of this paper is to examine and identify barriers to and enablers for the European rail freight transport services as a transport chain partner along the supply chains in the changing market scenario.
Dewan Md Zahurul ISLAM
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Sharing Logistics in urban freight transport
, 2022 Many new logistics initiatives arise based on the principles of resource sharing through crowdsourcing. Sharing unused and/or underused resources can deliver new efficiencies in the logistics value chain in an industry where efficiency is the name of the game. The benefits of applying sharing economy concepts in logistics in terms of higher efficiency,
van Duin, J.H.R. +8 more
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