by Walther Ploos van Amstel
DHL eCommerce has completed a new Global Online Shopper Survey for 2023 and published a recent European Report. To gain profound insights into their e-commerce purchasing patterns, shoppers were surveyed from ten countries across Europe and, for the first time, from 13 countries across the globe. The Online Shopper Surveys offer insights into where and why …
A new paper by Niemeijer and Buijs analyzes the carbon emission impact of pickup points in last-mile parcel delivery. Pickup points offer customers and delivery companies an alternative to attended home delivery. The delivery company can drop a parcel off at the pickup point, such as a service desk in a grocery store or a …
LEAD created Digital Twins of urban logistics networks in six TEN-T urban nodes (Madrid, The Hague, Lyon, Budapest, Oslo, Porto) to support experimentation and decision-making with on-demand logistics operations in a public-private urban setting. City logistics solutions were represented by value case scenarios that address the requirements of the on-demand economy and the pressures caused …
We spend around 6% of our time commuting, but this can account for about 30% of our exposure to some air pollutants. There is widespread scientific consensus that short- and long-term exposures to air pollution are associated with significant health burdens for the population. This evidence continues to strengthen and evolve as air pollution is …
IRU, FIA Region I, and ACEA unequivocally oppose splitting the B driving license for cars into two categories, as the European Parliament’s draft report on the EU Driving Licence Directive proposed. Earlier this year, the European Commission proposed the Road Safety Package to EU legislators, which included amendments to the current directive governing driving licenses …
In November 2022, the European Commission released its proposed Euro 7 regulation for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, which limits the level of pollutants detrimental to human health, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM). An ICCT study models the proposed emission reductions and health benefits from implementing Euro 7 with increased stringency and …
Recently, Norway’s Transport Economics Institute published a study on parcel lockers and their impact on CO2 reduction. According to this study, picking up parcels at automated lockers can result in a 30 percent reduction of CO2 in local emissions. This will reduce fuel consumption, CO2 emissions, and local emissions from online shopping distribution. The researchers …
Today, it is difficult for consumers to make sense of the many labels on the environmental performance of products (goods and services) and companies. Some environmental claims are unreliable, and consumer trust is extremely low. Consumers can be misled, and companies can give a false impression of their environmental impacts or benefits – a practice …
The rise of e-commerce helped fuel consumer appetite for quick home deliveries. One consequence has been the placing of some logistics facilities in proximity to denser consumer markets. The trend departs from the prevailing discussion on “logistics sprawl,” or the proliferation of warehousing into the urban periphery. A recent study by Fried and Goodchild spatially …
Food e-commerce has long remained a limited phenomenon, which only changed noticeably during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only did more consumers take advantage of the options offered online, but it also prompted the launch of many food delivery start-ups worldwide. Quick commerce, in particular, offering grocery deliveries within twenty minutes or less, attracted significant sums …