Journal articles: 'Urban freight transportation'

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Mospan, N. "ROAD FREIGHT TRANSPORT PLANNING UNDER SUSTAINABLE CITY DEVELOPMENT." Municipal economy of cities 3, no. 156 (July 1, 2020): 8–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.33042/2522-1809-2020-3-156-8-16.

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This research paper devoted to the urban freight transport planning under sustainable city development. Continued urban population growth, traffic congestions, financial losses because of longer delivery times, harm-ful impact on environmental are highlighted as strong arguments for the freight traffic management in the cities. The article aims to help all stakeholders understand the challenges brought about by freight activities in an urban context, and make the planning process consistent and comprehensive for the city freight transportation system improvement. The brief overview of some recent foreign and native studies in urban transport planning and traffic engi-neering reveals main field of interests for modern researchers. The clear focus of the analysed scientific works di-rected on such aspects in sustainable urban freight transport development as energy and economic efficiency, eco-friendliness, safety, institutional and legal issues of freight transportations. Special attention is paid to the analy-sis of government initiatives in sustainable transport system development of Ukraine. Identification of the main freight transportation features in an urban area is carried out on the initial re-search stage. Each feature has an explanation for better understanding necessity of their usage in the freight transport planning process. The other focus of the research devotes to the description of the stages during urban freight transport planning process. Author attends a deep freight transport demand and supply analysis for a de-termination of the basic freight distribution regularities in an urban context. Therefore, a list of indicators for subsystem of city freight transportation evaluation is presented in the article. The whole set of indicators is divid-ed into economical, operational, environmental, social and general groups of indicators. Moreover, the compo-nents of successful measures implementation for an urban freight transport subsystem improvement are highlight-ed. Financial management, political support, institution, organisation and legal framework condition are consid-ered as the key elements of successful plans and measures implementation. Keywords: planning, sustainable development, freight transport, urban population, authorities.

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Lebedeva, Ol'ga. "DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGIES IN URBAN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION." Scientific Papers Collection of the Angarsk State Technical University 2021, no. 1 (July 5, 2021): 103–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.36629/2686-7788-2021-1-1-103-107.

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The well-known approaches to the process of modeling the demand in urban freight transportation in conditions of limited availability of adequate data are considered. The main task is to select a model for creating a reliable system for analyzing urban freight traffic. Demand assessment models were chosen as input data because they are the most representative for assessing urban freight transport performance.

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Dias, José Maria, Gabriel Bugan Sobanski, João Eduardo Azevedo Ramos da Silva, Leise Kelli de Oliveira, and José Geraldo Vidal Vieira. "Are Brazilian cities ready to develop an efficient urban freight mobility plan?" urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana 10, no. 3 (June 4, 2018): 587–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2175-3369.010.003.ao07.

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Abstract According to the Urban Mobility National Policy (UMNP), Brazilian cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants are obligated to elaborate Urban Mobility Plans (UMPs). The literature shows a lack of national research on urban freight planning and a need for better understanding issues on cargo transportation for authorities, especially regarding decision-making on policies and on urban freight transportation planning. City Logistics solutions can be considered on UMPs to reduce the problematic urban freight transport. Therefore, a survey was applied to investigate the resources available within cities to draw UMPs, the solutions for cargo movement in Brazilian cities, and the perceptions of public managers about freight transportation. The results show that “restrictions” are the solutions most adopted by Brazilian authorities, including the representative sample for cities within the São Paulo State with more than 250,000 inhabitants. The conclusions point out that Brazilian cities are not prepared to develop an efficient urban freight plan, as public managers seem to be unconscious about urban logistics demands within their cities or have neglected aspects regarding urban freight within the UMNP.

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Pendyala, Ram M., Venky N. Shankar, and Robert G. McCullough. "Freight Travel Demand Modeling: Synthesis of Approaches and Development of a Framework." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1725, no. 1 (January 2000): 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1725-02.

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It is increasingly being recognized at all levels of decision making that freight transportation and economic development are inextricably linked. As a result, many urban entities and states are embarking upon comprehensive freight transportation planning efforts aimed at ensuring safe, efficient, and smooth movement of freight along multimodal and intermodal networks. Over the past few decades there has been considerable published research on (1) freight transportation factors, (2) freight travel demand modeling methods, (3) freight transportation planning issues, and (4) freight data needs, deficiencies, and collection methods. A synthesis of the body of knowledge in these four areas is provided with a view to developing a comprehensive statewide freight transportation planning framework. The proposed framework consists of two interrelated components that facilitate demand estimation and decision making in the freight transportation sector.

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Prasolenko, Oleksii, Dmytro Burko, Illya Tolmachov, Nizami Gyulyev, Anrii Galkin, and Oleksii Lobashov. "Creating safer routing for urban freight transportation." Transportation Research Procedia 39 (2019): 417–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2019.06.044.

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Dahlberg, Joen, Stefan Engevall, and Maud Göthe-Lundgren. "Consolidation in Urban Freight Transportation — Cost Allocation Models." Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research 35, no. 04 (August 2018): 1850023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217595918500239.

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In this paper, the focus is on the role of the municipality, as an enabler of a collaboration between freight forwarders and the municipality in which the consolidation of goods is considered as a means for goods flow improvement in urban freight transportation. We present a cost allocation model that is based on solution concepts from cooperative game theory, for allocating the operational costs associated with the collaboration. It is assumed that the municipality is willing to carry some cost to ensure a stable collaboration for the potential benefits received, e.g., reduced traffic congestion in the city. The model is applied to some illustrative examples, and the cost allocation results are discussed. It is shown that the role of the municipality may be decisive in achieving a stable collaboration between the freight forwarders, and further that the municipality does not necessarily need to contribute to covering the costs.

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Lebedeva, Ol'ga. "MODELING OF DEMAND FOR URBAN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION IN CONDITIONS OF LIMITED DATA AVAILABILITY." Modern Technologies and Scientific and Technological Progress 1, no. 1 (May 17, 2021): 175–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.36629/2686-9896-2021-1-1-175-176.

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The approaches to the process of modeling the demand in urban freight transporta tion in conditions of limited availability of adequate data are considered. The main task is to select a model for creating a reliable system for analyzing urban freight traffic. Demand assessment models were chosen as input data because they are the most representative for assessing urban freight transport performance

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Oliveira, Leise Kelli de, Isabela Kopperschmidt de Oliveira, João Guilherme da Costa Braga França, Gustavo Wagner Nunes Balieiro, Jean Francisco Cardoso, Tiago Bogo, Diego Bogo, and Marco Adriano Littig. "Integrating Freight and Public Transport Terminals Infrastructure by Locating Lockers: Analysing a Feasible Solution for a Medium-Sized Brazilian Cities." Sustainability 14, no. 17 (August 31, 2022): 10853. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141710853.

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Integrating freight and public transport infrastructure can lead to providing economic feasibility to public transportation systems and reducing externalities related to urban freight transport. This can be achieved by sharing the infrastructure of freight and public transportation systems. Additionally, failed deliveries represent a major challenge in e-commerce. Lockers can address this problem and promote sustainable urban freight transport. This paper identified a locker network in a public transportation infrastructure. The framework considered scenarios built under the 15-min city concept, and the analysis is based on a case study in Jaraguá do Sul (Brazil, a mid-sized Brazilian city, and its conurbated area. The networks were found by solving a p-median problem, which minimised the maximum distance between the lockers and the population. The findings showed that, in the best scenario with 16 lockers, the population could reach the lockers within a 10-min cycling ride. Additionally, the results showed that the public transportation network provides a locker network to integrate freight and public transportation. The locker network is accessible to public transportation and micromobility users. With this solution, residents play an active role in last-mile deliveries. In addition, lockers can work as mini hubs for crowdshipping services. In addition to reducing urban delivery trips, this solution can encourage public transportation usage, which contributes to more sustainable cities.

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Chaudhari, Jignesh, Rena Shukla, and Chetan Patel. "IMPACT ANALYSIS OF URBAN FREIGHT TRIPS GENERATED FROM WHOLESALE MARKET, AHMEDABAD." Acta logistica 9, no. 3 (September 30, 2022): 325–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.22306/al.v9i3.316.

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Freight transport plays an important role in meeting the domestic needs of the city's inhabitants. But when freight vehicles come into contact with city traffic, it has a negative impact on urban routes, such as extra traffic congestion, noise pollution, air pollution, etc. The aim of the study is to assess the impact of freight transport on the overall traffic of the city. A case study of the wholesale market of Ahmedabad has been considered as a study area. The freight trip models based on the trips attracted and produced by the market are developed on the basis of data collected from establishment surveys and freight vehicle driver surveys. Both the models developed in this study, FTA (Freight Trip Attraction) and FTP (Freight Trip Production), have R Square values of 0.799 and 0.715, respectively. The volume of freight vehicles contributing to the overall traffic flow is also measured by the traffic volume study. Through the data analysis and identification of the impact of freight transportation on city traffic, remedial measures are discussed to reduce the impact of freight transportation.

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Bagdonienė, Danutė. "SOME METHODS OF IMPROVING FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION IN SHORT HAULS." TRANSPORT 18, no. 1 (February 28, 2003): 9–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16483840.2003.10414056.

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The results obtained in the investigation aimed to improve the transportation of commercial freight for short hauls in the city are presented. The performed tasks included the statistical analysis of freight flows; the forecast of the freight flows; a synthesis of a topological stmcture of the urban system of freight transportation and the description of the optimal structure of the truck stock. The conclusions have also been drawn and some recommendations provided.

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Nathanail, Eftihia, Lambros Mitropoulos, Ioannis Karakikes, and Giannis Adamos. "Sustainability Framework for Assessing Urban Freight Transportation Measures." Logistics & Sustainable Transport 9, no. 2 (October 1, 2018): 16–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jlst-2018-0007.

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Abstract The salient scope of this paper is to enable the knowledge and understanding of urban freight transportation and provide guidance for implementing sustainable policies and measures in a city. To achieve this goal, an evaluation framework for city logistics policies and measures is developed, which demonstrates the complexity of urban freight transportation systems, through selected performance indicators, taking into account divergent stakeholders’ interests, conflicting business models and operations. Evaluation follows a hierarchical process; sustainability disciplines (economy and energy, environment, transportation and mobility, society), applicability enablers (policy and measure maturity, social acceptance and users’ uptake), multiple criteria and indicators, capturing the lifecycle impact of policies and measures and multiple stakeholders. Apart from the multicriteria context, the framework embeds methodologies, including, Impact Assessment, Social Cost Benefit Analysis, Transferability and Adaptability, and Risk Analysis. To demonstrate its applicability a case study is set for the City of Graz assessing the establishment of an Urban Consolidation Center. Results show that there is an overall improvement of 2.2% in the Logistics Sustainability Index when comparing before and after implementation cases of the Urban Consolidation Center.

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Kechagias, Evripidis P., Sotiris P. Gayialis, Grigorios D. Konstantakopoulos, and Georgios A. Papadopoulos. "An Application of an Urban Freight Transportation System for Reduced Environmental Emissions." Systems 8, no. 4 (November 29, 2020): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/systems8040049.

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Today, there is a great need for greener urban freight transportations due to their ever-increasing environmental impact. The planet’s climate has been significantly affected as the temperature is constantly rising and extreme weather events are occurring more and more often. Aiming to reduce the environmental impact of freight transportation in urban areas, an advanced vehicle routing and scheduling system for improving urban freight transportations, has been developed. This paper presents the functionality of the advanced system, while also analyzing its subsystems and demonstrating its use in a case study. The system is provided as an integrated cloud-based software to support the needs of logistics companies, in order to efficiently schedule their deliveries and perform the routing of their vehicles. The utilized multi-objective algorithm produces solutions that minimize either the distribution cost or the environmental emissions or a combination of these parameters. An application of the system is performed for validation purposes, concerning the comparison of the system’s results with corresponding real-life data provided by a medium-sized logistics company. The results of the testing reveal its significant contribution to the reduction of the environmental impact of the company’s distribution services.

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Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus, and Josep-Maria Salanova. "Defining and Evaluating Collaborative Urban Freight Transportation Systems." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 39 (2012): 172–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.099.

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Rosano, Mariangela, Claudio Giovanni Demartini, Fabrizio Lamberti, and Guido Perboli. "A mobile platform for collaborative urban freight transportation." Transportation Research Procedia 30 (2018): 14–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2018.09.003.

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Raicu, Raluca, Serban Raicu, Mihaela Popa, and Dorinela Costescu. "More efficient urban freight consignment preparation and transportation." Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2, no. 3 (2010): 6027–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.04.016.

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Crainic, Teodor Gabriel, Nicoletta Ricciardi, and Giovanni Storchi. "Advanced freight transportation systems for congested urban areas." Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 12, no. 2 (April 2004): 119–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2004.07.002.

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Ivey, Stephanie S., Marian Levy, Marla B. Royne, Kelsey Ford, and Kranthi Guthikonda. "Impact of freight traffic on school walking decisions in urban environments." Journal of Transportation Management 25, no. 2 (January 1, 2015): 43–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.22237/jotm/1420070640.

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<p>In light of the decline in social acceptance of walking and biking to school, there is a critical need to examine issues impacting school transportation decisions and to identify strategies to promote healthier behavior. In urban areas with high volume freight corridors, factors affecting school walking decisions can be complicated by increased truck and rail traffic. This paper presents findings from a study of urban neighborhoods in a major southeastern city, including those that are adjacent to freight corridors. Perceptions of neighborhood residents are compared in the context of existing infrastructure and network characteristics (urban vs. urban freight-centric). The results provide insight into factors influencing school transportation decisions in urban environments, and highlight discrepancies between perceptions and actual issues relevant to child pedestrian safety.</p>

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de Oliveira, Leise Kelli, Carla de Oliveira Leite Nascimento, Paulo Renato de Sousa, Paulo Tarso Vilela de Resende, and Francisco Gildemir Ferreira da Silva. "Transport Service Provider Perception of Barriers and Urban Freight Policies in Brazil." Sustainability 11, no. 24 (December 4, 2019): 6890. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11246890.

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The aim of this paper is to analyze the perceptions of the transport service providers on the barriers in urban freight transport and the restrictions imposed on freight vehicles, identifying which urban freight transport policies can improve this activity in Brazil. Principal component analysis allowed us to identify which are barriers in urban cargo transport and the restrictions imposed on freight vehicles. In addition, we evaluated freight policies that can improve the activity using probabilistic preference. We obtained the database from a web-based survey of transport service providers in Brazil. The results indicate that the urban freight vehicle restriction is related to congestion and availability of loading and unloading areas. The freight vehicle restriction is a result of the lack of information and data. The theft of cargo significantly impacts urban freight transport. Transport service provider company perceptions indicate an urban mobility plan as the most-required freight policy to improve freight mobility. To reduce the barriers to urban freight planning, an understanding of the problem involving the stakeholders is needed. To do so, the challenge is to change the culture in the transportation planning process by integrating various actors to create an urban logistics plan that generates opportunities for the city.

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Cassiano, Demostenis Ramos, Bruno Vieira Bertoncini, and Leise Kelli de Oliveira. "A Conceptual Model Based on the Activity System and Transportation System for Sustainable Urban Freight Transport." Sustainability 13, no. 10 (May 18, 2021): 5642. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13105642.

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Urban freight transport (UFT) is simultaneously responsible for maintaining the urban lifestyle and the negative externalities impacting urban areas, necessitating strategies that promote sustainable urban freight transport (SUFT). In addition, the stakeholders and geographic factors involved in UFT impose specific concerns in the planning and operation stages of SUFT. Therefore, this paper proposes a model addressing sustainable last-mile delivery considering the relationship between the activity system, transportation system, and stakeholders involved in UFT. Based on the literature review, we identified UFT planning procedures to achieve SUFT. In a cyclical process, these procedures were considered on the proposed model, integrating freight transport planning with urban planning to develop SUFT and, consequently, sustainable cities.

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Dhonde, Bhavesh. "Sharing of trips before electrification of fleet: a costeffective solution for reducing the environmental impact of urban freight transport in developing countries." European Transport/Trasporti Europei 79, ET.2020 (September 2020): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.48295/et.2020.79.8.

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Various research efforts are undertaken to reduce the ill-effects of urban freight transport on the city’s environment. Replacing conventional freight vehicles with electric commercial vehicles (ECVs) is considered as the most effective solution; however, this transition is facing several technological and infrastructural challenges. In developing countries, where cities are already struggling to manage with their present infrastructure, they would find it even more difficult. This paper highlights the opportunity for sharing of in-use freight vehicles as an immediate solution to reduce vehicular emissions. Case study of Surat city, India is taken to assess the use of small-sized commercial vehicles for urban freight transport. A detailed study has been carried out to determine the extent of under-utilized or unutilized capacities of these vehicles. Reductions in emissions due to the sharing of trips are estimated. Propositions are made to strategize and develop policies that promote sharing of urban freight trips.

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Morris, Anne G., Alain L. Kornhauser, and Mark J. Kay. "Urban Freight Mobility: Collection of Data on Time, Costs, and Barriers Related to Moving Product into the Central Business District." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1613, no. 1 (January 1998): 27–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1613-04.

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Just-in-time deliveries and lower inventories have led to more frequent deliveries of goods and services, markedly increasing urban congestion. The Goods Movement in the New York Metropolitan Area study’s goal was to develop a research methodology for capturing urban freight mobility data and to collect cost and time data on freight moving into New York City’s central business district (CBD). The methodology developed and its implementation are discussed. Problems with access and collecting data from industry executives are also addressed. In industry-sector focus groups, senior logistics executives discussed urban freight mobility issues, especially barriers to goods movement into the CBD. Barriers consistently identified in order of greatest frequency of mention from 13 focus groups were congestion, inadequate docking space, inadequate curb space for commercial vehicles, security, and excessive ticketing of high-profile companies. The Freight Mobility Interview form asked logistics/transportation/distribution managers to provide company-specific information about the following categories: transportation services and distribution channels used and related cost, time, and barriers to freight mobility. Analysis of the interview data revealed that major barriers to freight mobility identified by both shippers and carriers were consistent with those cited by focus group participants. The combined qualitative and quantitative data collected identified the processes industry uses to manage urban congestion.

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Erkayman, Burak, Emin Gundogar, Gokay Akkaya, and Mumtaz Ipek. "A Fuzzy Topsis Approach For Logistics Center Location Selection." Journal of Business Case Studies (JBCS) 7, no. 3 (April 28, 2011): 49–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jbcs.v7i3.4263.

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It is clearly known that urban freight transportation has a significant role on sustainable development of urban areas. The persistent growth of the costs of freight transportation and as a result of congestion, environmental pollution and increasing inefficient usage of land in urban areas are forcing users and public authorities to develop alternative logistic solutions to relieve the freight traffic problem. Establishing logistics centers is one of these alternative solutions. Logistics centers are specific centers that various logistic based activities like distribution, storage, transportation, consolidation, handling, customs clearance, imports, exports, transit processes, infrastructural services, insurance, banking and similar commercial activities are performed. These centers are defined for national and international all logistic and related operations. Logistic centers must be settled near production and commercial centers, highways, railways, airports and if possible seaports. In this study we proposed a fuzzy TOPSIS approach to a logistics center location selection problem in eastern anatolia region of Turkey.

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Putri, T. A., and N. Sari. "Determination of freight transport terminal location by using the AHP method for sustainable urban development." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 879, no. 1 (October 1, 2021): 012024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/879/1/012024.

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Abstract The rapid economic growth in Samarinda encourages higher demand for logistics that required vehicles and infrastructure for freight transport. The movement of goods in Samarinda is not supported yet by strategic freight transport. This cause many of freight transport parked and unload along the roadside. Writers did some research to determine the best location for freight transport terminal development using an AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method. AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method combines several considerations such as accessibility, traffic performance, regional pattern of transportation to reach multi criteria problem solving. The result of the analysis points out the score for Simpang Pasir Regency which is, the evaluation quality of accessibility 64%, traffic performance 23%, and regional pattern of transportation 12%. With that result Simpang Pasir Regency is chosen as the best alternative location for freight transport terminal development.

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Souleyrette, Reginald, T. H. Maze, Tim Strauss, David Preissig, and Ayman G. Smadi. "Freight Planning Typology." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1613, no. 1 (January 1998): 12–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1613-02.

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A layered architecture for freight transportation demand modeling entails the construction of a statewide freight transportation demand model by separately simulating traffic for one commodity at a time. Layers can then be added together to construct a comprehensive model that includes the most significant freight flows. Most state or regional economies are dominated by a few economic sectors, and models can be constructed for those sectors that generate the most freight traffic and/or are the most important to the regional economy. Freight traffic demand modeling in intercity applications is more likely to focus on economic development, local infrastructure improvements, maintenance, and similar policy and planning concerns than on system capacity issues. Thus, it is more important to understand changes in traffic growth by economic sector than as the composite of all freight traffic. This method is less data intensive and more easily understood by transportation professionals than previous approaches. The layered approach is therefore more likely to achieve the desired objectives than would general models, which attempt to forecast heterogeneous freight transportation demands simultaneously. This approach is demonstrated through a case study using the meat products and farm machinery industries in Iowa. Other commodities will be added in the future to complete a model of Iowa’s statewide freight transportation demand. A framework is presented for organizing and identifying planning goals, key issues, and predominant commodities for intercity freight transportation. Although examples are provided, specific recommendations addressing the full range of issues, data collection activities, tools, and urban applications are suggested for further study. A case study demonstrates the approach used for one issue, one mode, and two commodities, which could be repeated elsewhere for similar applications.

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Gladchenko, E. A., O. N. Saprykin, and A. N. Tikhonov. "Optimization of urban freight transportation based on evolutionary modelling." Information Technology and Nanotechnology, no. 2416 (2019): 95–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.18287/1613-0073-2019-2416-95-103.

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Logistics problems require special attention, because every year they become more complicated and multivariable. On the one hand, a supply chain management includes incessant monitoring of such issues as requests elaboration, paths determination, routing of shipments, multimodal choice, set up of transhipments, fleet choice and maintenance, warehousing, packaging and others. On the other hand, dozens of people are involved in the logistics process. All these moments complicate the decision-making that is why data driven decisions are required nowadays. As well as shipment problems are NP-hard, the heuristic methods should be applied to resolve them. In this article we propose a genetic algorithm to solve the complex problem that consists of the Travelling Salesman Problem combined with the Knapsack Problem. We have developed an urban freight transportation model which is focused on the minimization of the underway time as well as on the maximization of the truck’s loading. A significant contribution in our method is the census of traffic frequency by using traffic zoning. The developed approach has been implemented using the Python programming language in the Zeppelin environment. The first version of the system has been approved in the city of Samara (Russia) with test demand dataset.

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WATANABE, Kenya, and Yoshiyuki TOKUNAGA. "Facility Location Problem of Urban Freight Transportation Considering Externalities." INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING REVIEW 17 (2000): 687–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.2208/journalip.17.687.

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Vojtov, Viktor, Olesya Kutiya, and Amil Nasirov. "MODELING THE COSTS OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR URBAN FREIGHT." Avtoshliakhovyk Ukrayiny 2, no. 262 (June 17, 2020): 15–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.33868/0365-8392-2020-2-262-15-21.

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Anand, Nilesh, Ron van Duin, and Lori Tavasszy. "Ontology-based multi-agent system for urban freight transportation." International Journal of Urban Sciences 18, no. 2 (May 4, 2014): 133–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/12265934.2014.920696.

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Bagheri Ramiani, Masoud, and Gholamreza Shirazian. "Ranking and Determining the Factors Affecting the Road Freight Accidents Model." Civil Engineering Journal 6, no. 5 (May 1, 2020): 928–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/cej-2020-03091518.

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The tremendous growth of population, particularly in developing countries, has led to increased number of travels, especially those with load and freight specifications. Hence, expanding the present facilities or developing new networks or systems concerning freight and transportation is an essential issue. Among the various transportation systems, road freight has secured a significant place in sub-urban transportation, as it is responsible for transporting loads, decreasing transportation costs, and increasing the safety of highway users. Besides these advantages, poor and nonstandard design and performance of sub-urban highways and transport fleet and equipment leads to the increased number of accidents and inefficiency of these facilities. Based on these facts, the primary aim of the present study is to probe into the factors affecting road freight accident severity. For this purpose, the data obtained from road freight accidents occurring in 2016, 2017, and 2018 in Gilan Province, Iran, were used for analyzing the frequency, ranking and determining the factors, and creating models for accident severity. The results indicated that in accordance with the accident severity model in 2016, several factors such as the season of autumn, daytime light, drivers aged from 18 to 60, and pickup trucks have impacted the on-road freight accident severity. While, in 2017 the severity was affected by factors like rural road, freight trucks, non-faulty passenger cars, motorcycles, and pedestrians. When considering the effective variables in 2018, it was found that such factors as the accident time (usually occurring between 12 p.m. to 6 p.m)., rural and major roads, freight trucks, non-faulty motorcycles, and the careless driving without due care and attention to the front were the variables affecting road freight accidents. Moreover, not following safety guidelines during freighting is the most effective variable in road freight accidents.

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COMI, Antonio, Berta BUTTARAZZI, Massimiliano SCHIRALDI, Rosy INNARELLA, Martina VARISCO, and Paolo TRAINI. "An advanced planner for urban freight delivering." Archives of Transport 4, no. 48 (December 31, 2018): 27–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0012.8363.

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The paper aims at introducing an advanced delivery tour planner to support operators in urban delivery operations through a combined approach which chooses delivery bays and delivery time windows while optimizing the delivery routes. After a literature review on tools for the management and the control of the delivery system implemented for optimizing the usage of on-street delivery bays, a prototypical tour delivery planner is described. The tool allows transport and logistics operators to book the delivery bays and to have real-time suggestions on the delivery tour to follow, through the minimization of the total delivery time. Currently, at development phase, the tool has been tested in a target zone, considering the road network and time/city delivering constraints and real-time data about vehicles location, traffic and delivery bay availability. The tool identifies the possible tours based on the delivery preferences, ranks the possible solutions according to the total route time based on information on the road network (i.e. travel time forecasts), performs a further optimization to reduce the total travel times and presents the user the best alternative along with the indications of which delivery bay to use in each delivery stop. The developed prototype is composed by two main parts: a web application that manages communication between the database and the road network simulation, and, an Android mobile App that supports transport and logistic operators in managing their delivering, pre trip and en route, showing and updating routing based on real-time information.

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He, Zhangyuan, and Hans-Dietrich Haasis. "Integration of Urban Freight Innovations: Sustainable Inner-Urban Intermodal Transportation in the Retail/Postal Industry." Sustainability 11, no. 6 (March 22, 2019): 1749. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11061749.

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Urban population growth has permanently increased the commodity demands and freight flow within urban areas. The retail/postal industry is intent on finding appropriate internal approaches and a new business model to respond to the adverse impacts generated by urban freight activities. Usage of emerging transport modes is an efficient solution for these industries. Nevertheless, considerable research has paid less attention to the implementation status of distribution innovations, as well as to their suitability and application restrictions. Concurrently, a comprehensive consideration of various distribution innovations that operate together as a system is lacking. To this end, this paper adopted a literature review method and GE multifactorial analysis. Specifically, this paper reviewed the related articles that were published in the past six years (2013–2018) to define the concept of distribution innovations. In addition, we adopted the approach of GE multifactorial analysis to analyze the application status of distribution innovations from the perspective of academic research and company implementation. Following the suitability assessment and application of restriction analysis, we proposed the concept of sustainable inner-urban intermodal transport (SIUIT) for the retail/postal industry. This paper contributes to the sustainable urban freight literature by exploring possible future research directions of SIUIT.

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Lebedeva, Ol'ga. "INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MODELING CARGO DELIVERY." Modern Technologies and Scientific and Technological Progress 2022, no. 1 (May 16, 2022): 175–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.36629/2686-9896-2022-1-175-176.

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The article discusses the models used to optimize freight deliveries based on tours and urban transportation logistics and an approach to integrating them. The study demonstrates a functional model framework that can address the limitations of existing freight demand forecasting models

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Yang, Woosuk, Taesu Cheong, and Sang Hwa Song. "A Multiperiod Vehicle Lease Planning for Urban Freight Consolidation Network." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2015 (2015): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/921482.

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This paper considers a multiperiod vehicle lease planning problem for urban freight consolidation centers (UFCCs) in the urban freight transport network where short-term-leased and long-term-leased vehicles are hired together. The objective is to allocate the two kinds of leased vehicles optimally for direct transportation services from the associated origin node to the associated UFCC or from the associated UFCC to the associated destinations so as to satisfy a given set of period-to-period freight demands over a given planning horizon at total minimum vehicle allocation cost subject to demand-dependent transportation time restriction. The problem is formulated as an integer programming model and proven to be NP-hard in a strong sense. Thus, a Lagrangian heuristic is proposed to find a good solution efficiently. Numerical experiments show that the proposed algorithm finds good lower and upper bounds within reasonable time.

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Prem, Clyde E., and Ping Yu. "Applying Urban Transportation Modeling Techniques to Model Regional Freight and Vehicle Movement." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1518, no. 1 (January 1996): 22–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198196151800105.

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The approach used to model freight movements in a large rural study area is described. The study conducted for the Quad County Regional Transportation Organization in Washington State is an example of one demonstrating that traditional urban transportation planning techniques can be applied in perhaps a new way to perform detailed analysis of freight movements. It is also an example of how quick-response methods (similar to those described in NCHRP Report 187) were applied to enable the project to be completed within 6 months at a lower cost.

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Strale, Mathieu. "High-Speed Rail for Freight: Potential Developments and Impacts on Urban Dynamics." Open Transportation Journal 10, no. 1 (April 30, 2016): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874447801610010057.

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At present, high-speed rail is used only as a mode of passenger transport. Yet, the acceleration of logistics and freight transport flows could be compatible with high-speed rail capabilities. This article examines the experiences, literature and prospects of high-speed rail for freight. It uses three hypotheses to evaluate the development of freight high-speed rail services in Europe. The article concludes by describing the potential impacts on urban dynamics. It appears that the potential of freight high-speed rail services is limited in Europe, because of logistical constraints and network capabilities. Nevertheless, policies followed in Europe may change the situation.

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Ren, Hualing, and Zhiheng Dong. "Modeling traffic flow on a comprehensive network with competition and cooperation between urban logistic alliances." Modern Physics Letters B 32, no. 33 (November 30, 2018): 1850402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s021798491850402x.

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The traffic during rush hour in metropolises is always in heavy congestion, so the wagon trucks of logistic transportation are mostly forbidden during rush hour. In fact, quite a few logistic transportations are fulfilled by converted passenger vehicles. This paper aims to model the logistic companies’ behaviors and see through the effect of their cooperation modes on the companies and on the whole traffic conditions. The logistic companies decide their transportation pricing, warehouse using and route choosing separately or as a group (cooperation) to compete with others. It is also assumed that the heavy freight vehicles, light freight vehicles and the auto vehicles share the same network. Three models based on variational inequalities are proposed to describe the companies’ behaviors when there is no cooperation, simple cooperation and deep cooperation, respectively, and the modified diagonalization method is used to solve these models. The total transportation demand is elastic, which depends on the users’ choice of logistics company and further depends on all the companies’ prices, warehouse and route choices. The goodness of different coalitions to the companies and the whole traffic system is well investigated in the numerical examples.

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Suraharta, I. Made, I. Made Suartika, Ade Sjafruddin, and Russ Bona Frazila. "Optimization Modeling of Urban Freight Transportation Network by Using a Metaheuristic Approach, Genetic Local Search Procedure." RSF Conference Series: Engineering and Technology 2, no. 2 (November 29, 2022): 324–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.31098/cset.v2i2.586.

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Creating a transportation network that reduces the cost of urban freight is highly challenging. Freight route is determined by the amount of congestion generated by the vehicle type. Furthermore, it must compete with other users to locate the optimal path for their traffic on the city's restricted road network infrastructure system. Freight network routing begins with identifying and determining the optimum route. The freight network is optimized by introducing a heavy traffic restriction mechanism in metropolitan areas, and an attempt is made to propose a set of routes as a set of freight traffic modes. The primary goal of freight routing in this research is making a freight network model optimization to find a set of freight routing by optimizing (efficiency) trip prices due to limited road infrastructure and the difficulties of constructing road infrastructure in metropolitan areas. Therefore, selecting a group of routes as the journey of the commodities is a realistic alternative to minimizing costs. The problem of route selection is one of combinatorial optimization. The challenge is to narrow the pool of action options to a set of recommended actions. Due to vehicle characteristics and traffic flow, route selection carefully considers vehicle behavior. A two-level mathematical model that was created by formulating route options served as the framework for the research. The combination of chosen routes is maximized using a genetic algorithm such as a Genetic Local Search. The model is examined via its application to a fictitious network. The result converges to the target value of 246,311.9 IDR. It shows that the model satisfies the convergence condition of producing in 0.76 seconds. As a result, a model with a genetic local search technique that can search more effectively in the city's freight network's ideal path is created. The GLS combinatorial optimization model shows us it could find the best set of urban freight networks with the best performance. This is consistent with Yamada et al. GLS methods perform well in solving combinatorial problems.

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Smirnov, S. A., and O. Yu Smirnova. "Economic features of freight maglev transport." Transportation systems and technology 3, no. 1 (March 15, 2017): 108–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/transsyst201731108-118.

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In the article considered the implementations of magnetic levitation technology (maglev) in the world, evaluated the advantages of implementation the maglev for all types of transportation. Introduction: Freight maglev transport is not implemented widely in the world transportation market yet. The most projects in the area of magnetic levitation are focused on passenger transportation. European, Asian and American specialists research, develop and implement technologies, which allow passenger transportation at highspeed, higherspeed and urban lines. Excellent operation and economics characteristics allow maglev to compete with railway transport in all areas: from highspeed to urban. Analysis: There is the evidence that freight maglev has an opportunity to change the transport logistics market radically in the nearest future. We consider the following approaches to provide it. The first, and main, approach is supposed growth of commodities circulation between Western Europe and South East Asian countries. It requires the stable transport corridor, like The Silk Road, connecting these wide apart regions. Maglev transport has an ability to transport mass cargo 3-5 times faster than railway transport or sea transport, which are the main transport modes for mass cargo transportation. Today there are 2 main transport corridors, which connect Western Europe and South East Asia: Deep Sea and Transsib. Transportation via Deep Sea takes 30-35 days (via alternative Northern Sea Route it is 25-35 days), and via Transsib it is up to 21 days. The second approach is that the demand in reducing the transaction costs caused by freezing of the floating capital in ‘goods in route’ that eventually influences all the areas of national economy. Results: The obvious economic advantages of freight maglev in comparison with conventional railway transport, accordingly to the calculations, are: capital expenses saving on the stage of infrastructure construction; operations sustainability; energy efficiency; freight transportation speed; investments recoupment and profitability; side effects appearing during operating of freight maglev. Conclusions: Today, as the world economics shows some crisis developments the basic economics notations are being revised. There is a strong belief that new economics model should be based on decreasing the transaction costs on all stages of production and consumption. The new logistic concept will be focused on increasing the speed of transportation with a use of freight maglev mainlines.

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Crainic, Teodor Gabriel, Stein W. Wallace, and Lei Zhao. "Introduction to the Special Section: Urban Freight Transportation and Logistics." Transportation Science 54, no. 3 (May 2020): 565–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2020.0986.

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Sakai, Takanori, André Romano Alho, B. K. Bhavathrathan, Giacomo Dalla Chiara, Raja Gopalakrishnan, Peiyu Jing, Tetsuro Hyodo, Lynette Cheah, and Moshe Ben-Akiva. "SimMobility Freight: An agent-based urban freight simulator for evaluating logistics solutions." Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 141 (September 2020): 102017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2020.102017.

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Chiara, Giacomo Dalla, Lynette Cheah, Carlos Lima Azevedo, and Moshe E. Ben-Akiva. "A Policy-Sensitive Model of Parking Choice for Commercial Vehicles in Urban Areas." Transportation Science 54, no. 3 (May 2020): 606–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2019.0970.

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Understanding factors that drive the parking choice of commercial vehicles at delivery stops in cities can enhance logistics operations and the management of freight parking infrastructure, mitigate illegal parking, and ultimately reduce traffic congestion. In this paper, we focus on this decision-making process at large urban freight traffic generators, such as retail malls and transit terminals, that attract a large share of urban commercial vehicle traffic. Existing literature on parking behavior modeling has focused on passenger vehicles. This paper presents a discrete choice model for commercial vehicle parking choice in urban areas. The model parameters were estimated by using detailed, real-world data on commercial vehicle parking choices collected in two commercial urban areas in Singapore. The model analyzes the effect of several variables on the parking behavior of commercial vehicle drivers, including the presence of congestion and queueing, attitudes toward illegal parking, and pricing (parking fees). The model was validated against real data and applied within a discrete-event simulation to test the economic and environmental impacts of several parking measures, including pricing strategies and parking enforcement.

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Fan, Jie, Guoqing Wang, and Matthias Thürer. "Approximation Algorithms for a New Truck Loading Problem in Urban Freight Transportation." Transportation Science 54, no. 3 (May 2020): 690–702. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2019.0967.

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Motivated by urban freight transportation practices in China, we study an optimal truck loading problem in which a fixed cost and an additional cost that depends on the number of unloading points are associated with each truck used. The truck loading problem is modeled as a one-dimensional bin packing problem, where the cost of each bin is a convex fixed-plus-linear function of the number of items in the bin. The objective is to minimize the total cost of bins used. We develop an asymptotic polynomial time approximation scheme and an efficient approximation algorithm with an asymptotic worst-case performance ratio of 1.5 to tackle the problem. Our computational experiments indicate that the approximation algorithm performs well for certain order patterns, and also reveal several important insights on using the freight charge scheme.

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He, Zhangyuan. "The challenges in sustainability of urban freight network design and distribution innovations: a systematic literature review." International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 50, no. 6 (June 18, 2020): 601–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpdlm-05-2019-0154.

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PurposeFreight network planning and the application of distribution innovations are popular fields of research on sustainable urban logistics. However, considerable research on freight network design lacks a comprehensive consideration of the application of distribution innovations. This observation implies that sustainable urban freight research appears highly fragmented in topics of network design and distribution innovations. From the perspective of long-term planning, this situation possibly serves as a barrier to further promotion of sustainability. The objective of this paper is to analyze existing research gaps of literature to further promote the sustainability of urban logistics systems from a future perspective.Design/methodology/approachThis paper employs a systematic literature review (SLR) method, which covers 164 papers and research works published in 2013–2018. The article corpus involved the innovative schemes of freight network design and the emerging delivery concepts in cities. Based on an analysis of articles' relevance, the most significant research contributions on both city logistics network design and exploitation of distribution innovations are detected.FindingsThis paper has found four research gaps in aspects of network design and distribution innovations. To respond to these gaps, we propose the research framework of sustainable and flexible future urban freight planning (SFFUFP) based on trends of city development, while discussing further research direction on urban freight planning.Originality/valueThe authors have found four research gaps in aspects of both urban freight network design and distribution innovations in which scholars could be encouraged to contribute. The research framework of SFFUFP can further promote sustainable urban logistics from a view of future management.

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Ewedairo, Kolawole, Prem Chhetri, and Ferry Jie. "Estimating transportation network impedance to last-mile delivery." International Journal of Logistics Management 29, no. 1 (February 12, 2018): 110–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-10-2016-0247.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure and map the potential transportation network impedance to last-mile delivery (LMD) using spatial measures representing attributes of road network and planning controls. Design/methodology/approach The transport network impedance is estimated as the potential hindrance to LMD as imposed by the characteristics of the built and regulatory environment. A matrix of key transport and planning measures are generated and overlaid in geographical information systems to compute and visualise the levels of transportation network impedance to LMD using a composite indexing method. Findings The mapped outputs reveal significant spatial variation in transportation network impedance to LMD across different part of the study area. Significant differences were detected along the road segments that connect key industrial hubs or activity centres especially along tram routes and freight corridors, connecting the Port of Melbourne and logistic hub with the airport and the Western Ring Road. Research limitations/implications The use of static measures of transport and urban planning restricts the robustness of the impedance index, which can be enhanced through better integration of dynamic and real-time movements of business-to-business LMD of goods. Spatial approach is valuable for broader urban planning at a metropolitan or council level; however, its use is somewhat limited in assisting the daily operational planning and logistics decision making in terms of dynamic routing and vehicle scheduling. Practical implications The built and regulatory environment contributes to the severity of LMD problem in urban areas. The use of land use controls as instruments to increase city compactness in strategic nodes/hubs is more likely to deter the movement of urban freight. The mapped outputs would help urban planners and logisticians in mitigating the potential delay in last-mile deliveries through devising localised strategies such as dedicated freight corridors or time-bound deliveries in congested areas of road network. Originality/value This is the first study that measured the potential transport network impedance to LMD and improved understanding of the complex interactions between urban planning measures and LMD. Micro-scale mapping of transportation network impedance at the street level adds an innovative urban planning dimension to research in the growing field of city logistics.

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Golinska-Dawson, Paulina, and Kanchana Sethanan. "Sustainable Urban Freight for Energy-Efficient Smart Cities—Systematic Literature Review." Energies 16, no. 6 (March 10, 2023): 2617. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16062617.

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Smart cities need energy-efficient and low-emission transportation for people and goods. Most studies focus on sustainable urban-transportation systems for passengers. Freight transportation in cities has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to greenhouse gases emissions and negative externalities, such as traffic congestion. The purpose of this paper is to identify through a systematic literature review which innovations (hardware and software) applied by logistics service providers (LSPs) in sustainable urban freight (SUF) are suitable to support the transition to energy-efficient smart cities. We propose to classify the existing innovations in last-mile delivery for SUF into categories: (1) urban freight consolidation and/or trans-shipment; (2) the Consumer as a Service Provider (CaaSP); (3) choice of transportation modes. We introduce the concept of CaaSP as an innovative solution in last-mile delivery (LMD), where customers take over some transport operations with the use of smart technologies, and thus reduce the energy demand. We consider the modes of transportation, such as: drones, autonomous delivery robots, autonomous vehicles, cargo bikes (including e-cargo bikes, e-tricycles), electric vehicles (mainly vans), and combined passenger-and-cargo transportation rapid-transit systems. From the analyzed dataset, we find that energy-efficiency in smart cities can be improved by the consolidation of parcels in micro-depots, parcel lockers, and mobile depots. We analyze smart technologies (the Internet of things, big data, artificial intelligence, and digital twins), which enable energy efficiency by reducing the energy demand (fuel) of SUF, due to better operational planning and infrastructure sharing by logistics service providers. We propose a new IEE matrix as an actionable tool for the classification of innovations applied by LSPs in SUF, according to the level of their interconnectivity and energy efficiency. Additionally, this paper contributes to the theory by exploring possible future research directions for SUF in energy-efficient smart cities.

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Perera, Thompson, and Wu. "Determining Optimum Toll Charges for Freight Vehicles Considering Multi-Stakeholder Objectives in Urban Conditions." Transportation Journal 60, no. 2 (2021): 171. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.60.2.0171.

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Moufad, Imane, and Fouad Jawab. "Mixed applied survey methodology for planning/enforcement of urban logistics delivery bays– An application to the Moroccan context." Archives of Transport 55, no. 3 (September 30, 2020): 95–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.4237.

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Roads and parking areas represent a place of conflict between freight vehicles and other urban activities, especially on mixed residential and commercial streets. This conflict results in traffic congestion, illegal parking, pollution and road safety problems. The challenge is to allocate public space between the right operating activities, parking activities, public transport and so on. To address that, urban logistics delivery bays, also known as loading/unloading (L/U) zones, have become a real solution to facilitate the delivery and pick-up operations of urban freight vehicles, ensure accessibility for delivery drivers, reduce congestion and improve road safety. Therefore, this paper reports on planning and enforcement of urban delivery bays needs. It is part of the urban freight transport (UFT) surveys. This involves consolidating with new contribution the development, implementation and statistical analysis of a survey in order to quantify the need of delivery areas. Compared to the existing literature, this paper presents a mixed applied methodology which is divided into two parts : “Exploratory survey” and “Establishment-vehicle observation” survey. These two surveys techniques were conducted to offer an overview of the freight vehicle delivery and pick-up frequency according to the daytime and weekdays and the operations related to the loading/unloading activities. This makes it possible to estimate the delivery bays requirement in the study area. The findings from a methodological and practical angle are illustrated through a real case study in a commercial street in Morocco. The findings suggest that 60% of deliveries are made between 8:00 A.M and 12 A.M, and the movements generated by each establishment are 257 movements. For this, the study zone requires the development of three loading/unloading (L/U) bays. The main contribution is to propose an approach that urban authorities can use to estimate urban delivery areas efficiently and thus allow simple replication of the proposed framework in other cities.

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Gatta, Valerio, Edoardo Marcucci, and Laetitia Dablanc. "Editorial Special Issue: Urban Freight, land use planning and public administration strategies." REGION 5, no. 2 (July 2, 2018): E1—E3. http://dx.doi.org/10.18335/region.v5i2.244.

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Well-being and economic growth are strictly correlated. Cities are the engines of an innovation-based economy where research and new ideas are the core input of production. Urbanisation is becoming synonymous of economic growth. People flock into cities, both in the developed and developing world, since here is where wealth is, where high quality services are available and life standards are comparatively higher with respect to other places. However, one has to acknowledge that growth also produces undesired negative effects. In fact, cities are net importers. They need to acquire consumption/intermediate goods, export production and get rid of waste. In other words, the existence of a city relies on a transportation system providing the necessary services for its functioning. The typical urban transportation system heavily depends on passenger and freight movements by road. While this dependency is, in some cases, less relevant for passenger transport, most of freight moved in, out, within and through a city relies on motorized road transportation. Trucks and vans are responsible for congestion, polluting emissions, accidents, noise, visual intrusion and stench. All these negative effects are concentrated where many citizens live and, consequently, produce relevant economic (e.g. time lost), environmental (e.g. air quality), and social (e.g. segregation) impacts. Cities to be attractive, sustainable and thriving need an efficient freight transportation system. Fast changing consumption patterns with the rise of e-commerce and home deliveries also point out to another dimension of cities: their need to adapt quickly to economic trends. The papers in this special issue address, from alternative points of view and using different methodological approaches, some of the relevant and critical issues pertaining to land use planning and administration strategies in modern cities with respect to the urban freight sector.

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De Bakshi, Nilanjana, Geetam Tiwari, and Nomesh B. Bolia. "Influence of urban form on urban freight trip generation." Case Studies on Transport Policy 8, no. 1 (March 2020): 229–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2019.04.004.

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Dablanc, Laetitia, Diana Diziain, and Hervé Levifve. "Urban freight consultations in the Paris region." European Transport Research Review 3, no. 1 (May 13, 2011): 47–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12544-011-0049-2.

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