by Walther Ploos van Amstel
Walther Ploos van Amstel, Bram Kin, Hans Quak, Nilesh Anand, and Ron van Duin are proud to present their latest book chapter, ‘Sustainable city logistics‘, which provides a literature overview of modalities in city logistics. Cities are rapidly moving from van- and truck-dominated freight toward multimodal, low-emission logistics systems. Alongside electric vans and trucks, previously …
Artificial Intelligence has moved beyond exploratory pilots in transport and logistics. While autonomous trucks and drone delivery continue to grab headlines, the real transformation is happening deeper inside the supply chain stack: in planning, forecasting, routing, exception management, terminal operations, data orchestration, and real-time decision support. The exploratory study on AI in transport & logistics …
After more than 1.5 years of work involving 35 experts and resulting in 425 pages of valuable content, the German book Radlogistiek (Bicycle Logistics – Basics of Logistics and Commercial Transport with Cargo and Transport Bikes) is now available. Businesses, administrations, and other stakeholder groups still need to know about cargo bikes. Radlogistik aims to …
In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new adventure in Delft in the Netherlands. They had packed up their family in Vancouver, BC, and moved to Delft to experience the city as residents rather than as visitors. A year earlier they had become unofficial ambassadors for Dutch cities with the publication of …
Approximately 80 percent of European and American citizens live in an urban environment. Due to their large populations and extensive commercial establishments, urban areas require large quantities of goods and services for commercial and domestic use.
Multi-Actor Multi-Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) developed by Professor Cathy Macharis enables decision-makers within the sectors of transport, mobility and logistics to account for conflicting stakeholder interests.