Print Email Facebook Twitter Design of a multi-functional vehicle which supports passenger and cargo transport Title Design of a multi-functional vehicle which supports passenger and cargo transport Author Burggraaf, Diego (Student TU Delft) Jovanova, J. (TU Delft Transport Engineering and Logistics) Date 2021 Abstract Online shops are responsible for a significant increase in the total volume of parcels which have to be transported. Due to the increase in volume there are more vehicles required to meet this enormous demand. This has a negative impact on the traffic flow on the infrastructure. A possible solution can be found in ride-sharing, as sharing resources paves the way to more sustainable designs. Public transport often operates with occupancy rates below the maximum, and a way to optimize it to combine it with parcel transport. A multi-functional vehicle which combines public and cargo transport in variable ratios could lower the impact of parcel vehicles on the traffic flow. The designing steps for a multi-functional vehicle are presented which lead to a more detailed case design. This case zooms in on small public transport vehicles which are often active between small towns. The multi-functional case design consists of an innovative solution based on reconfigurable chairs which enables a more efficient use of vehicle space. Multiple options to implement the multi-functional vehicles in the transport system are also discussed. Subject Cargo transportMulti-functional vehicleParcel transportRide-sharingSmall public transport To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4eaf96b6-190f-41c1-b10c-fe5a9b1cb0d3 DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/AIM46487.2021.9517082 Publisher IEEE Embargo date 2022-02-24 ISBN 978-1-6654-4139-1 Source Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2021 Event 2021 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2021, 2021-07-12 → 2021-07-16, Delft, Netherlands Bibliographical note Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public. Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2021 Diego Burggraaf, J. Jovanova Files PDF Design_of_a_multi_functio ... nsport.pdf 1.51 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4eaf96b6-190f-41c1-b10c-fe5a9b1cb0d3/datastream/OBJ/view