Assessment of readiness of a traffic environment for autonomous delivery robots

Introduction: Autonomous delivery robots are a promising alternative for last-mile delivery. To realise successful implementation of delivery robots in public spaces, it is important to study the interaction between robots and the traffic environment. The traffic environment includes the physical infrastructure and the objects using it like cars...

Real time Learning with Light Electric Freight vehicles for urban freight distribution: A living lab approach

Due to population growth in cities the demand for the transport is rising and <br/>therefore a growth of transport movements by trucks and vans can be observed. <br/>These movements have a negative effect on air quality, liveability, noise and safety. LEFVs (Light Electric Freight Vehicles) can be a good solution for last mile deliveries. Today...

Sharing concepten in stadslogistiek: The Big Five

Het delen van ongebruikte en/of onderbenutte middelen kan nieuwe verbeteringen opleveren in de logistieke waardeketen. In vijf sectoren van het stedelijk goederenvervoer, te weten stadslogistiek, bouwlogistiek, transport &amp; warehousing (retaillogistiek), zorglogistiek en servicelogistiek, worden concepten voor het delen van diensten...

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...

Usability of Physical Internet Characteristics for Achieving More Sustainable Urban Freight Logistics: Barriers and Opportunities Revealed by Dominant Stakeholder Perspectives

Urban freight logistics currently have to deal with multiple unsustainable conditions. Physical Internet (PI) characteristics show promise in making urban freight logistics more sustainable. This paper explores the opportunities and barriers to implementing this concept. Q-methodology is a method used to reveal different stakeholder perspectives...

Smart Method for Self-Organization in Last-Mile Parcel Delivery

Parcel delivery operators experience an increasing pressure to meet the strongly growing demand for delivery services, while protecting city livability and the environment. Improving the performance of the last mile of delivery is considered key in meeting this challenge as it forms the most inefficient, expensive, and environmentally unfriendly...

Logistics concepts for light electric freight vehicles: A multiple case study from the Netherlands

The demand for the transport of goods within the city is rising and with that the number of vans driving around. This has adverse effects on air quality, noise, safety and liveability in the city. LEFVs (Light Electric Freight Vehicles) offer a potential solution for this. There is already a lot of enthusiasm for the LEFVs and several...

Het exploiteren van een stadsdistributiecentrum: 7 lessen uit 10 jaar ervaring met Binnenstadservice

Stadsdistributiecentra (SDC) worden al vele jaren in de literatuur van stadslogistiek besproken. Het aantal succesvolle SDC's is in de praktijk nog steeds zeer schaars. Er is weinig gepubliceerd over de praktische zaken en ervaringen van het daadwerkelijk runnen van een SDC en het aanbieden van SDC-diensten. In Nederland heeft Binnenstadservice ...

Logistieke concepten voor Licht Elektrische Vracht Voertuigen: een multiple case study vanuit Nederland

De vraag naar het transporteren van goederen binnen de stad stijgt, en daarmee stijgt het aantal bestelwagens. Dit heeft negatieve effecten op de luchtkwaliteit, geluid, veiligheid en leefbaarheid in de stad. LEVV’s (Licht Elektrische Vracht Voertuigen) bieden een potentiële oplossing voor deze problemen. Er is veel enthousiasme voor de LEVV’s,...

Evaluating new participative city logistics concepts: The case of cargo hitching

Five years ago the project Cargo Hitching started with the goal to use the unused capacity of public transport passenger vehicles for freight and parcel transport. Like many new city logistics initiatives it is a difficult challenge to setup a profitable private business model. A rural pilot project was developed in the East of the Netherlands,...

Een simulatiestudie naar verbetering van de congestieproblematiek in de Witte de Withstraat (Rotterdam)

De Witte de Withstraat is een belangrijke straat in Rotterdam. Er zijn veel winkels, galerieën en horecagelegenheden gevestigd. Deze ondernemers dienen allemaal bevoorraad te worden, wat veel logistieke handelingen oplevert in de straat. Naast de grote logistieke stroom rijdt er veel regulier verkeer door de straat. De combinatie van deze twee...

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....

Towards E(lectric)-urban freight: First promising steps in the electric vehicle revolution

Innovative logistics service providers are currently looking for possibilities to introduce electric vehicles for goods distribution. As electrical vehicles still suffer from a limited operation range, the logistical process faces important challenges. In this research we advise on the composition of the electrical vehicle fleet and on the...