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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Urban Freight"”.
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An Investigation of Higher Capacity Urban Freight Vehicles
… reducing fuel consumption per tonne-kilometre of freight moved, with consequent reductions in greenhouse and noxious emissions. Some of the disadvantages of larger vehicles are more pronounced in urban environments, including safety of other road users, and reduced manoeuvrability. This thesis …
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Urban Freight Transportation: The Interaction of Home Deliveries in Cities
<p>The movement of freight in urban areas is a key factor in the sustainable development of cities. If managed correctly, it can potentiate economic growth and support urban lifestyles. Nevertheless, the movement of goods in cities is usually in conflict with other urban flows and is generally …
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Framework for ongoing stakeholder engagement in policies for urban freight logistics in Singapore
While research in the urban freight field has mainly focused on evaluating regulation, stakeholder preferences prior or after a policy has been implemented, or on a single type or sub-set of agents and freight policies, the core of this thesis centers on differentiating aspects of urban freight …
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Towards understanding the impacts of congestion pricing on urban trucking
Understanding policy impacts on freight is essential for planners who have overlooked this transport group in the past and must evaluate new congestion alleviation policies with respect to regional economic and social goals. Since urban areas are limited in infrastructure expansion and travel …
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The strategic design and environmental footprint of highly responsive urban distribution networks
… Two-day deliveries have become the norm in dense urban areas and companies are developing highly responsive urban distribution networks capable of serving consumers in lead times as low as one hour. These changing consumer shopping habits are leading to more fragmented deliveries and increased …
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The Role of Urban Freight Consolidation Initiatives in Supporting Sustainable Urban Logistics - the Case Study of Goods Deliveries to London Schools: Current Practices and Stakeholders' Perspectives on Opportunities for Consolidation.
The increasing urbanization leads to worsening traffic conditions in urban areas. This results in a growing concern about local air quality and given its impact on children, the issue is of particular importance around schools. If more goods were consolidated (grouped) into fewer vehicles, the …
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Perspectives on last mile logistics: a sustainable approach
Gradually the urban freight transport to final consumers is gaining relevance worldwide, with a rapid adoption stimulated also by the global health crisis. This also brings to the attention of the world interest regarding its carbon footprint and sustainability; therefore, our objective is to …
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Community detection on urban street networks : a segmentation model for urban logistics policy and planning
… and adapts their use to the segmentation of an urban street network. In order to form partitions of urban street networks that are manageable as delivery territories or similar units of spatial aggregation, e.g., discrete demand zones, to be used in a study of urban freight distribution, extant …
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Identifying and modeling urban truck daily tour-chaining patterns
… to better understand truck tour patterns in an urban setting and develop models that can describe daily tour-chaining patterns. This research uses truck activity data collected for the Urban Freight Heavy Vehicle Study ongoing in Singapore, which is an advancement in freight data collection …
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Design and Evaluation of Urban Congestion Pricing Policies with Microsimulation of Passenger and Freight
With rapid urbanization and increasing mobility demand, urban traffic congestion has been growing. The contribution of urban freight to congestion has also been increasing due to surging e-commerce demand. Congestion pricing is effective for urban congestion mitigation, yet knowledge about its …
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Technology-based past and future emission inventories for the transportation sector
… framework to forecast emissions and impacts from freight truck and rail transportation in the United States during 2010-2050. Macroeconomic scenarios are linked with a commodity input-output model, freight flow forecasting models, a dynamic vehicle fleet model, and a reduced-form air quality model …
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Opportunities for short-sea shipping in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region: evidence based on discrete choice modelling
… the stated choice preference of shippers and freight forwarders and the stated intentions of maritime carriers for SSS. It is purported the introduction of SSS in SADC could reduce socio-environmental problems currently faced such as road damage, road congestion, pollution and transport …
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Freight demand modeling and logistics planning for assessment of freight systems' environmental impacts
… dissertation research aims at examining the U.S. freight transportation systems and the relationship between freight shipment activities and the related environmental issues such as air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the nation. This study develops freight demand models to forecast …
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Design and Throughput Capacity Evaluation of Pickup and Dropoff (PUDO) Facilities
… the afternoon. Meanwhile, the last mile of the urban freight delivery system has gauged unprecedented and continuing attention since the booming of e-commerce and time-sensitive delivery services, leading to frequent pickups and dropoffs of goods close to their end consumers. The recent increase …
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Logística verde en Fontibón: estrategia de rutas sostenibles para Servientrega
… emisiones contaminantes asociados al transporte urbano de mercancías en una de las zonas logísticas más importantes de la ciudad, la propuesta integra criterios de eficiencia operativa y sostenibilidad ambiental, incorporando la medición de la huella de carbono conforme a la norma ISO 14083 y el …