scholarly journals From Managing Urban Freight to Smart City Logistics Networks

2017 ◽  
pp. 143-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolga Bektaş ◽  
Teodor Gabriel Crainic ◽  
Tom Van Woensel
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Logistics Networks

Location Decision of City Logistics Facility Based on Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 351-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Zhang ◽  
Oh Kyoung Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
The Road ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Synthetic Evaluation

The concept of city logistics facilities is to help establish more efficient urban logistics systems for both private companies and society, reduce the total social and environmental costs of urban freight transport and improve the urban traffic conditions on the road network. This study adopts a fuzzy synthetic evaluation method to determine the optimal location of city logistics facilities.

scholarly journals Are Brazilian cities ready to develop an efficient urban freight mobility plan?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 587-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Maria Dias ◽  
Gabriel Bugan Sobanski ◽  
João Eduardo Azevedo Ramos da Silva ◽  
Leise Kelli de Oliveira ◽  
José Geraldo Vidal Vieira
Keyword(s):  
National Policy ◽  
Freight Transportation ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Urban Mobility ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Freight Planning ◽  
Cargo Transportation

Abstract According to the Urban Mobility National Policy (UMNP), Brazilian cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants are obligated to elaborate Urban Mobility Plans (UMPs). The literature shows a lack of national research on urban freight planning and a need for better understanding issues on cargo transportation for authorities, especially regarding decision-making on policies and on urban freight transportation planning. City Logistics solutions can be considered on UMPs to reduce the problematic urban freight transport. Therefore, a survey was applied to investigate the resources available within cities to draw UMPs, the solutions for cargo movement in Brazilian cities, and the perceptions of public managers about freight transportation. The results show that “restrictions” are the solutions most adopted by Brazilian authorities, including the representative sample for cities within the São Paulo State with more than 250,000 inhabitants. The conclusions point out that Brazilian cities are not prepared to develop an efficient urban freight plan, as public managers seem to be unconscious about urban logistics demands within their cities or have neglected aspects regarding urban freight within the UMNP.

scholarly journals Scaling up Smart City Logistics Projects: The Case of the Smooth Project

Smart Cities ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 1337-1365
Author(s):  
Eleonora Sista ◽  
Pietro De De Giovanni
Keyword(s):  
Smart City ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The City ◽  
Roll Out

A large number of smart city logistics projects fail to scale up, remaining a local experimental exercise. This lack of scalability is, in fact, commonly recognized as a major problem. This study aims to determine the key success factors related to the scalability of smart city logistics projects. The process of scaling up, which is articulated as expansion, roll-out, and replication, is defined as the ability of a system to improve its scale by aiming to meet the increasing volume demand. Specifically, this study investigates the scalability intended to be used as expansion and roll-out. A qualitative case study was conducted to fulfill the research purpose. The chosen case study is SMOOTh, a pilot project currently underway in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, involving a diverse group of companies including Volvo Group and DHL. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven of the project’s stakeholders. Through a thematic analysis, four categories and the respective success factors were identified. These were represented by a business model, as well as technical, stakeholder and regulatory factors. The paper concludes with observations and recommendations aimed at the pilot initiatives, adding new perspectives to the upscaling debate.

scholarly journals Simulation modelling in the sizing of city logistics systems – a study for concentrated delivery points

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Krisztina Bóna ◽  
Dávid Sárdi
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Small Area ◽  
System Organization ◽  
Simulation Modelling ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Green Logistics ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Freight Traffic ◽  
New Gateway

Nowadays, urban freight traffic is causing significant noise and air pollution, so it is in the focus of green logistics developments, both in technology and system organization. Based on experiences within city logistics, significant problems are caused by the so-called concentrated sets of delivery points, where there are several delivery points with heavy freight traffic in a relatively small area. Since the summer of 2015, we collected lots of data about stores of these delivery points to support the modelling and the simulation of the new green solutions for the examined city logistics systems. Based on our results we can say, there are significant savings in these systems, so it is worth to deal with developing new, gateway-concept-based and consolidation-based solutions.

scholarly journals Defining Urban Freight Microhubs: A Case Study Analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 532
Author(s):  
Konstantina Katsela ◽  
Şeyma Güneş ◽  
Travis Fried ◽  
Anne Goodchild ◽  
Michael Browne
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Common Language ◽  
Study Analysis ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Case Study Analysis ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Urban Consolidation

Urban freight distribution has confronted several challenges, including negative environmental, social, and economic impacts. Many city logistics initiatives that use the concept of Urban Consolidation Centers (UCCs) have failed. The failure of many UCCs does not mean that the idea of additional terminals or microhubs should be rejected. There is limited knowledge about the advantages and disadvantages of using microhubs, requiring further exploration of this concept. To expand this knowledge, this research combines 17 empirical cases from Europe and North America to develop a framework for classifying different microhubs typologies. This research presents an integrated view of the cases and develops a common language for understanding microhub typologies and definitions. The research proposes microhubs as an important opportunity to improve urban freight sustainability and efficiency and one possible step to manage the challenge of multi-sector collaboration.

scholarly journals Retailers and carriers’ viewpoint on Sorocaba’s city logistics: a spatial analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thales Stevan Guedes Furquim ◽  
Renata Lúcia Magalhães de Oliveira ◽  
José Geraldo Vidal Vieira
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Analysis ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Loading And Unloading ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
To Receive

Abstract The spatial differentiation of the main constraints and challenges on urban freight transportation can support more assertive public policies and measures, subsidizing city logistics solutions. This paper presents the use of spatial analysis to characterize retailers and carriers’ perceptions on the most important constraints and challenges faced during the urban freight delivery in the central area of Sorocaba/SP. To identify possible clustered patterns concerning problems and solutions from the stakeholders’ viewpoint, the data were analyzed through two spatial techniques: Average Nearest Neighbors and Getis Gi Ord* Hot Spots analysis. These two methodological approaches provide a spatial concentration analysis. As a result, we determined the spatial patterns of stakeholders’ perception for the two groups of variables assessed: (i) the Northwestern portion of Sorocaba’s central area is not prepared to receive the demands of vehicles, and the stakeholders present restrictions related to off-peak deliveries; (ii) the Northeastern region has the greatest negative perception regarding the assessed attributes, and shows little evidence that the loading and unloading space is not appropriate.

Study on the Measurement of Logistics Industry Cluster

2014 ◽  
Vol 488-489 ◽  
pp. 1395-1399
Author(s):  
Mei Han ◽  
Yan Hui Han ◽  
Chao Chen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Industrial Cluster ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Industry Cluster ◽  
Regional Competitiveness ◽  
Location Quotient ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Logistics Networks

The cluster theory has become one of the main concepts promoting regional competitiveness, innovation, and growth. Among the measurements, the Location Quotient has been widely adopted by researchers in measuring logistics industrial cluster. This paper tries to measure the degree of logistics industrial cluster for 21 national logistics nodes cities of China with the help of Location Quotient. The results obtained from these regions can be transferred to national logistics nodes cities planning policy attempting to encourage city logistics networks. As a result, it is generally acknowledged that these logistics industrial clusters influence regional economic development.

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