Evaluation of Best Practices Introduction for the Managerial Improvement in Urban Freight Transport

2018 ◽  
pp. 77-91
Author(s):  
Cintia Machado de Oliveira ◽  
Márcio de Almeida D’Agosto ◽  
Daniel Neves Schmitz Gonçalves ◽  
Renata Albergaria de Mello Bandeira ◽  
George Vasconcelos Goes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport

scholarly journals Contribution of Best Practices to Promote Sustainable Urban Freight Transport

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 5928-5949
Author(s):  
Tassia Faria De Assis ◽  
Victor Hugo Souza De Abreu ◽  
Pedro José Pires Carneiro ◽  
Marcio De Almeida D’Agosto
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Social Indicators ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Service Levels ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport

Urban logistics decision makers face serious challenges in trying to make urban freight transport (UFT) efficient and sustainable. Therefore, it is necessary to identify best practices (BPs) to promote improvements on activity levels, modal shifts to lower-carbon transport systems, lowering energy and intensity, and reducing fuel carbon intensity. This paper conducts an exhaustive literature review that seeks to identify that are directly applicable to BPs promoting sustainable UFT and that indicate the opportunities and challenges of urban logistics. The results indicate that, although BPs make sense for themselves, the most powerful effect occurs when two or more of them are used together, multiplying their strengths. Furthermore, there is an expressive participation of environmental and economic indicators (costs and service levels) to the detriment of social indicators, thus indicating a literary gap.

scholarly journals An Overview of Problems and Solutions for Urban Freight Transport in Brazilian Cities

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leise Oliveira ◽  
Betty Barraza ◽  
Bruno Bertocini ◽  
Cassiano Isler ◽  
Dannúbia Pires ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Freight Transport ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Problems And Solutions

scholarly journals Different Charging Strategies for Electric Vehicle Fleets in Urban Freight Transport

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13080
Author(s):  
Bram Kin ◽  
Meike Hopman ◽  
Hans Quak
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Personnel Costs ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Feasible Alternative ◽  
Reservation System ◽  
Operational Constraints ◽  
Charging Stations ◽  
Charging Strategy

The transition from diesel-driven urban freight transport towards more electric urban freight transport turns out to be challenging in practice. A major concern for transport operators is how to find a reliable charging strategy for a larger electric vehicle fleet that provides flexibility based on different daily mission profiles within that fleet, while also minimizing costs. This contribution assesses the trade-off between a large battery pack and opportunity charging with regard to costs and operational constraints. Based on a case study with 39 electric freight vehicles that have been used by a parcel delivery company and a courier company in daily operations for over a year, various scenarios have been analyzed by means of a TCO analysis. Although a large battery allows for more flexibility in planning, opportunity charging can provide a feasible alternative, especially in the case of varying mission profiles. Additional personnel costs during opportunity charging can be avoided as much as possible by a well-integrated charging strategy, which can be realized by a reservation system that minimizes the risk of occupied charging stations and a dense network of charging stations.

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