Improving Urban Freight Transport Sustainability by Carriers

Best Practices from The Netherlands and the EU Project CityLog

Journal article (2012)

Authors

H.J. Quak

Department

Infrastructures, Systems and Services () (TU Delft)

DOI: https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.098

City logistics Best practices Carriers Urban freight transport

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Published Date

07-06-2012

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Source:

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 39, 2012

Faculty

Technology, Policy and Management

Department

Infrastructures, Systems and Services

Abstract

ers face serious challenges in making their urban freight transport efficient and sustainable. Local authorities claim that many carriers are not innovative and do not cooperate in improving their city logistics operations. There are three solution directions to make urban freight transport more efficient and more sustainable: policy, technology and logistics. Carriers can use logistical and technical solutions. In this paper several best practices and carrier-initiatives are presented that are actually brought in practice (in the Netherlands) to improve city logistics. It depends on the type of carrier, either a regional or functional specialist or a generalist, which solution can be effectively used in the urban freight transport operations.

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