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van Duin, Ron (author), Quak, H.J. (author), Anand, N. (author), van den Band, N. (author)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...conference paper 2020
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Moolenburgh, E. A. (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Balm, S. (author), Van Altenburg, M. (author), Van Amstel, W. Ploos (author)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...journal article 2020
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Reda, Abel Kebede (author), Gebresenbet, Girma (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Ljungberg, David (author)Urban logistics policies have become instrumental in achieving sustainable transport systems. Developing and emerging countries still lag far behind in the implementation of such policies when compared with developed countries. This exposure gap provides an opportunity for policy transfer, but this is a complex process requiring knowledge of...review 2020
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Dalmijn, Menno (author)This thesis proposes a model for charge scheduling of electric vehicles in last-mile distribution to investigate the impact of charge schedule optimisation on charging cost. A mixed integer problem formulation is proposed that considers labour, battery degradation and time-variable energy cost. The benefit of implementing charge schedule...master thesis 2019
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Quak, Hans (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Hendriks, B. (author)Urban consolidation centres (UCCs) have been discussed over many years in city logistics literature. The amount of successful UCCs in the long-run were, and are, very scarce, though. Little is published on the practical issues and experiences of actually running a UCC and offering UCC-services. In the Netherlands, Binnenstadservice (BSS) runs...conference paper 2019
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Moolenburgh, Ewoud (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Balm, Susanne (author), Altenburg, Martijn (author), Ploos van Amstel, Walther (author)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 companies...conference paper 2019
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Het exploiteren van een stadsdistributiecentrum: 7 lessen uit 10 jaar ervaring met Binnenstadservicevan Duin, Ron (author), Quak, Hans (author), Hendriks, B. (author)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 ...journal article 2019
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Moolenburgh, Ewoud (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Balm, Susanne (author), Altenburg, Martijn (author), Ploos van Amstel, Walther (author)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,...journal article 2019
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van Duin, Ron (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Hendriks, Birgit (author), He, Yunzhu (author)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,...journal article 2019
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Langeslag, Jeroen (author)This research answers the question “What kind of governance arrangements can be used to safeguard sustainability when dealing with peer-to-peer parcel delivery?” by looking at the actors that are currently active in the field, how these initiatives incorporate sustainability, what kind of risks and chances for sustainability are mentioned by...master thesis 2018
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Daleman, Jasper (author)The GHG-emissions of the Dutch transport sector are ever increasing, mainly caused by the growth in the number of traffic movements. These movements are heavily influenced by the growth of the e-commerce sector and e-commerce related last mile deliveries. Hence, this study aims at providing more insight in sustainable alternatives for delivering...master thesis 2018
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van Duin, Ron (author), Wiegmans, B. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Hendriks, B. (author), He, Y. (author)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,...conference paper 2018
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van Duin, Ron (author), Rikkers, Eva (author), Moolenburgh, Ewoud (author)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...journal article 2018
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van der Kaauwen, Gwynne (author), van Duin, Ron (author)This paper aims to research the developments and innovations in urban freight transport. Thereafter it focuses on the future and implications of robotisation in this field. The developments in urban freight transport from a logistics service provider perspective are based on the constraints space, legitimacy and resources. Governments are slowly...book chapter 2018
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De Groot, F. (author)The Courier Express Parcel industry is booming business. Final delivery in the business to customer (B2C) parcel market has been one of the main focusses for innovation. The last mile in the B2C market is inefficient and expensive, due to delivery failures, congestion, urban constraints, non-optimum loading rates and regulations. The best...master thesis 2017
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Stakeholders’ roles for business modelling in a city logistics ecosystem: Towards a conceptual modelZenezini, G. (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), De Marco, Alberto (author)A major challenge associated with the implementation of CL initiatives lies with their economic and financial long-term success. In this context, the business model concept can support assessing the business side of stakeholders’ decision-making processes as major determinants for such success. The purpose of this work is to overcome the...conference paper 2017
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van Duin, Ron (author), Kortmann, Rens (author), van de Kamp, Maarten (author)This study investigates whether a system of hub locations distributing goods across the water to the city of Amsterdam can be a potential future solution to guarantee same-day delivery to shopkeepers. A simulation model was developed to analyse the logistics performances and to optimise the number of hub locations and required fleet size. The...conference paper 2017
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Quak, H (author), Lindholm, M. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author), Browne, M (author)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...journal article 2016
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Anand, Nilesh (author), van Duin, Ron (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)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....journal article 2016