Join the call for zero emission freight vehicles
We are very excited to share with you the Call for Zero Emission Freight Vehicles. Developed by TDA’s Community of Interest on Urban Freight, this call aims to accelerate the uptake of clean freight vehicles. TDA will collect signatures of stakeholders planning to transition to zero emission freight vehicles and promote this call so more vehicle …
MIT Research: why do drivers not follow planned routes in last-mile delivery
Last-mile delivery optimization is complex. Companies are implementing TMS-tools to include customer-specific or other constraints such as time windows and congestion patterns in their last-mile delivery plans. But, what if drivers do not follow the planning information provided by the routing tools in TMS systems.
July 16-18: EcommerceWiki Week in Amsterdam (NL)
On July 16-18 2019, join the Ecommerce Foundation and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (NL) on its event EcommerceWiki Week. It is a 3-day refresher course and summer academy in an Amsterdam. Get practical knowledge and insights about ecommerce with experts in their fields, on how to: attract new customers, convert them and how to make …
PIONEER project: Physical Internet for e-commerce retail
The Physical Internet (PI) is a future vision for fully open and connected logistics networks, in which physical, digital, operational and financial interconnectivity are central. Research has shown that PI offers opportunities for more efficient, bundled and shared, and sustainable logistics, also in urban areas.
ITF: commercial vehicle on-board safety systems
A ITF report analyses the impacts of increased automation of the driving task for road freight transport. It investigates the technology options from platooning to full autonomy and examines necessary policy responses. Focusing on the underlying regulatory frameworks, it asks how existing approaches can be maintained and when and how solutions will be needed.
John Lewis Partnership aims at zero emission by 2050
Research: an assessment framework for collective decision making on city logistics
A paper by Ruggero Golini et. al (2018) proposes a framework to support the collection and classification of information about the features of a city relevant to Urban Freight Transport (UFT). The information is organized in a framework of 28 different layers that are then stored in a Geographic Information System (GIS) tool to enable data retrieval …
The delivery van of the future is smarter, much smarter!
The light commercial vehicle, or delivery van, is the workhorse of both companies and the self-employed in the economy. And with good reason: it is a multifunctional and flexible mode of transport and compared to (smaller) trucks and cars it is also cheap to buy and use. Moreover, a ‘lighter’ drivers license B is sufficient to drive …
The potential of electric trucks: an international analysis
Development of battery technology is making electric heavy-duty trucks technically and commercially viable and several manufacturers have introduced battery electric trucks recently. However, the national and sectoral differences in freight transport operations affect the viability of electric trucks.