How Ready a Municipality is for Zero-Emission City Logistics? Development and Application of Maturity Model for Dutch Municipalities

The number of activities in city logistics is growing rapidly causing an increase in emissions, and a decline in accessibility and safety in cities. Therefore, the Dutch government has introduced GreenDeal Zero-emission city logistics. The goal of this deal is to have 30-40 of the biggest municipalities in the Netherlands have zero-emission city...

Samen op reis?: Een verkenning naar integratie mogelijkheden voor personen- en goederenvervoer in rotterdam

De komende jaren zullen steden meer en meer te maken krijgen met uitdagingen op het gebied van vervoer in termen van toegankelijkheid, ruimtegebruik en duurzaamheid. Het passagiers- en goederenvervoer zullen naar verwachting toenemen, terwijl de transportsector een belangrijke bijdrage levert aan de uitstoot van broeikasgassen en congestie in...

Hoe klaar ben je als gemeente voor zero-emissie stadslogistiek?: Naar een stadslogistiek maturity model voor gemeenten

Het aantal activiteiten in de stadslogistiek groeit snel, waardoor de uitstoot toeneemt en de bereikbaarheid en veiligheid in steden afnemen. Volgend op de Green Deal Zero-emissie stadslogistiek (ZES) is daarom in het Klimaatakkoord afgesproken om tot zero emissie stadslogistiek te komen. Concreet betekent dit, dat 30 tot 40 van de grootste...

Development of city logistics maturity model for municipality performance measurement

Municipalities play an important role in tackling city logistics related matters, having many instruments at hand. However, it is not self-evident that all municipalities use these instruments to their full potential. A method to measure city logistics performance of municipalities can help in creating awareness and guidance, to ultimately lead...

Zero-Emission Zone (ZEZ) Maturity Model: First Results

With the approach of the zero-emission zone implementation in 30-40 cities mandated by the Dutch climate agreement in 2025, comes the need to determine whether the SMEs located within these zones are aware of the coming changes. The zero emission zones are set to change how city logistics is currently being executed with the aim of decreasing...

Sharing logistics in urban freight transport:: a study in 5 sectors

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...

Designing sharing logistics as a disruptive innovation in city logistics

Today, companies recognize that the opportunities derived from the on-demand economy are becoming too big to miss. Like all major disruptions, on-demand economy start-ups are challenging industry incumbents with new business models and new ways of engaging customers. Existing companies need to embrace the on-demand economy and transform their...

Framework for Modelling Multi-stakeholder City Logistics Domain Using the Agent based Modelling Approach

Efficiency of city logistics activities suffers due to conflicting personal preferences and distributed decision making by multiple city logistics stakeholders. This is exacerbated by interdependency of city logistics activities, decision making with limited information and stakeholders’ preference for personal objectives over system efficiency....