Tag «urban freight»
Are webstores causing traffic jams in our neighbourhoods?
Urban freight: hub or no hub?
Countless books and articles have been written about urban distribution centers, logistics decoupling points, city hubs and urban consolidation centers. Every self-respecting European city has been the scene of such initiatives – the one more successful than the other, but all highly subsidized in any case. What can we learn from those initiatives? The best …
The SmartDeliveries project in Lyon: optimizing urban freight with ITS
SmartDeliveries is a city-wide delivery rounds optimization system aiming at leveraging city traffic information to optimise professional vehicle rounds. This system has been developed as part of the OptimodLyon project in Lyon (F). One of the key features of the system is to integrate information of short and longer term expected mobility demand.
Cleaner city logistics starts with procurement
Local government is one of the largest employers in the Netherlands, with departments and services across hundreds of sites in a municipality. Every day, these sites are supplied with printer paper, catering, maintenance products, cleaning items, paving and much, much more. These sites also produce substantial waste streams on a daily basis. The supply and …
Dutch research (AUAS) on business models for LEFV’s in urban freight
City logistics is becoming more finely meshed and more frequent. The transport of freight in cities with heavy freight vehicles and light commercial vehicles leads to congestion, a poor air quality, noise pollution, and incidents. The maximum loading volume of heavy freight vehicles and light commercial vehicles is rarely needed for urban freight.
Lector Walther Ploos van Amstel (AUAS): perspectives on sustainable city logistics
Brussels, November 29: the 5 A’s of sustainable city distribution
During next month’s VUB CROSSTALKS on November 29 prof. dr. Cathy Macharis will discuss the key indicators of sustainable logistics: ‘The 5 A’s of sustainable city distribution’. ‘Working bottom-up and interdisciplinary, CROSSTALKS wants to create a new dynamic of knowledge exchange through thematic encounters, beyond specific disciplines and with the active participation of key players from …
Volvo research report: why goods movement matters?
Cities cannot survive without an effective urban goods movement system. The health of the city’s economy is dependent on its ability to accommodate the movement and delivery of goods. Furthermore, the liveability that most cities are striving for is directly affected by the congestion and environmental impacts of trucks, the backbone of urban freight system. …
DenCity project working on collaboration in urban mobility
DenCity is a collaborative project that aims to find innovative solutions and services to reduce congestion, environmental impact and enhance the quality of life for those living and working in densely populated urban districts. The project is led by the Swedish arena for collaboration within transport efficiency, CLOSER, at Lindholmen Science Park.