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,...

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...

From freight partnerships to city logistics living labs – Giving Meaning to the Elusive Concept of Living Labs

The paper discusses the growing importance of urban freight research given the increasing urban population trends. The complexity of urban freight systems means that it is essential for the public and private sectors to work together - one way to achieve this has been through freight partnerships. A short review of freight partnerships...

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....

Home Delivery and the Impacts on Urban Freight Transport: A Review

This review paper discusses the latest developments in internet shopping, home delivery and the potential impacts on city logistics and alternative vehicle use. The review has illustrated the rapid changes during the past few years and the potentially important impacts on patterns of transport within urban areas. Some of the changes result in...

City Logistics Modeling Efforts: Trends and Gaps - A Review

In this paper, we present a review of city logistics modeling efforts reported in the literature for urban freight analysis. The review framework takes into account the diversity and complexity found in the present-day city logistics practice. Next, it covers the different aspects in the modeling selection process that includes (1) the...

Improving Urban Freight Transport Sustainability by Carriers: Best Practices from The Netherlands and the EU Project CityLog

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...

The influence of road pricing on physical distribution in urban areas

The Dutch government decided to implement a road pricing system called, ‘paying differently for mobility’. The main idea is that road users have to pay for using the road infrastructure instead of for owning a car. In the future, the price per kilometre will also depend on the time of the day and the location of the travel. Crowded locations and...

How efficient is city logistics? Estimating ecological footprints for urban freight deliveries

In medium and large cities, the delivery of goods represents a significant contribution to the problems of congestion, lack of parking, pollution and energy consumption. The characteristics of this type of transport are also very different from passenger mobility, even though they are often assimilated, due to the lack of specific tools for...