by Walther Ploos van Amstel
On my way to work, it suddenly stood out: a bright green boat from Zoevcity with a giant beer tank on the Geldersekade. Could it be? Is Amsterdam getting a Heineken beer boat? The answer is yes. The Historic Amsterdam DistrictsThe bridges and quay walls in the Wallen and Lastage neighborhoods are fragile and are …
A newly completed project by Transport for NSW, the University of Melbourne, and iMOVE has developed a robust and user-friendly model to help city planners, developers, and transport authorities better assess loading dock needs in new buildings. The report is now available for download. As cities focus more on livability and placemaking, space for freight …
How do local governments in England view the future of low-carbon last-mile logistics? A recent study sheds light on the views of 35 local authorities and offers a deeper understanding of what’s needed to make sustainable urban freight a reality. The key takeaway? Behavior change and collaboration may be more powerful than technology alone—though far …
Urban freight models are crucial in managing city logistics, yet they often fall short in construction transport. Unlike regular freight flows driven by economic activity and consumer demand, construction logistics are shaped by a unique mix of project-specific and local contextual factors. Traditional freight models, which rely on high-level economic indicators, struggle to deal with …
The focus must extend beyond merely reducing emissions to achieve a more sustainable city logistics system. Alongside adopting zero-emission vehicles, it is crucial to decrease urban logistics trips due to various urban, environmental, and economic challenges. To optimize city logistics, a new paper emphasizes the role of hubs and decoupling points, which separate the logistics …
Urban transport has been one of the most crucial and challenging issues. Moreover, it is a catch-all term that discusses the ease and speed with which passengers and goods move around urban spaces. With cities getting more populated and crowded, new challenges for transportation that impact how to design and build urban locations appear. A …
A smart city logistics campus just outside Amsterdam will provide mass electric-vehicle charging and enable a ban on fossil fuel engines by 2030. Watch to find out how digital enterprises are coming together to reimagine the future of last-mile logistics. So CLIC partner Essent. In conversation with Financial Times, COO Stephan Segbers explains why the …
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the relevance of goods delivery in urban areas. However, this activity often generates a negative environmental impact. Several technologies have been proposed in recent years to reduce it, thus forming a complex innovation landscape characterized by different levels of maturity and effects on the City Logistics (CL) system. This complexity …
While the number of deliveries has been increasing rapidly, infrastructure such as parking and building configurations has changed less quickly, given limited space and funds. This may lead to an imbalance between supply and demand, preventing the current resources from meeting the future needs of urban freight activities. A study by the Department of Civil …
A new paper by Mikael Kervall and Henrik Pålsson presents a systematic review covering 93 peer-reviewed journal articles. The study was designed to advance earlier research in this area by providing a system perspective on barriers to development in urban freight systems. The theoretical knowledge about these barriers was analyzed and synthesized, the relationships between …