The impacts of automated urban delivery and consolidation
Bin Hu (Loughborough University)
Wolfgang Ponweiser (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology)
Apostolos Ziakopoulos (National Technical University of Athens)
Julia Roussou (National Technical University of Athens)
Amna Chaudhry (Loughborough University)
Maria Oikonomou (National Technical University of Athens)
Sarah Gebhard (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV))
Rins Zwart (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV))
Charles Goldenbeld (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV))
Govert Schermers (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV))
Wendy Weijermars (Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Verkeersveiligheid (SWOV))
Knut Veisten (Institute of Transport Economics)
Knut J. L. Hartveit (Institute of Transport Economics)
Mark Brackstone (Aimsun Ltd, Waterhouse Square, United Kingdom)
Pete Thomas (Loughborough University)
George Yannis (National Technical University of Athens)
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Abstract
Automation in urban freight transport is an important milestone for city logistics, but it will most likely be challenging due to the complex traffic situations. The aim of the present paper is to provide an insight in the impact assessment method used and the results related to parcel delivery in Vienna. While the parcel volume is soaring due to the popularity of e-commerce–and especially accelerated by COVID, cities are thinking about the future delivery system. Automation and consolidation are expected to bring disruptive changes to the system we know today. By applying analytical methods, we show which impacts at what magnitude we may expect from the changes brought by automation in freight transport. We consider the direct impacts consisting of fleet size, freight mileage and fleet operation costs, as well as the wider impacts consisting of parking space, public health and road safety.
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