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 DATA COLLECTION METHODOLOGIES IN URBAN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-107
Author(s):  
Ol'ga Lebedeva
Keyword(s):  
Freight Transportation ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Reliable System ◽  
Traffic Demand ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Freight Traffic ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Demand Assessment ◽  
Urban Freight Transportation ◽  
Adequate Data

The well-known approaches to the process of modeling the demand in urban freight transportation in conditions of limited availability of adequate data are considered. The main task is to select a model for creating a reliable system for analyzing urban freight traffic. Demand assessment models were chosen as input data because they are the most representative for assessing urban freight transport performance.

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 Methods of Goods Delivery to the Historic Core of the City of Šibenik During the Tourist Season

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-98
Author(s):  
Darijo Šego ◽  
Martina Ljubić Hinić ◽  
Ana-Mari Poljičak
Keyword(s):  
City Centre ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Logistics System ◽  
Electric Cars ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Urban Public Transport ◽  
The City

AbstractCity logistics has the goal of optimizing the entire logistics system within the city area and thus positively impact the quality of life. Different measures and initiatives, aimed at the optimisation of city logistics and reduction of the negative effects of urban freight transport are access zones or goods (freight) receiving points in the city centre, restrictions of vehicle dimensions, time schedule of delivery, consolidation strategies, use of urban distribution or consolidation centres, use of electric cars, use of urban public transport and mobility management. In the last couple of years, the city of Šibenik has experienced a tourism boom, which includes the organisation of numerous festivals in the old town core, an increase in the number of visitors, an increase in the number of catering and shopping facilities, private accommodation units, hotels and hostels. The increased number of tourists and commercial establishments also broaches the question of delivery of food and non-food products into the old part of the city, especially during the tourist season.

scholarly journals The role of a structured stakeholder consultation process within the establishment of a sustainable urban supply chain

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Österle ◽  
Paulus T. Aditjandra ◽  
Carlo Vaghi ◽  
Gabriele Grea ◽  
Thomas H. Zunder
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stakeholder Consultation ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Freight Planning ◽  
The City

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse a case of local freight stakeholder involvement to plan and design eco-efficient city logistics innovations in Como, a small city in Italy. While the importance of a well-functioning urban goods distribution system is widely acknowledged, city authorities have become increasingly aware of the need to minimise the negative impacts associated to the system. There are now countless examples of attempts to increase the eco-efficiency of urban freight deliveries; however, very few have made a notable impact. The success of such schemes often depends upon the response of a range of private sector freight stakeholders and their involvement during the planning process of these solutions is crucial. Design/methodology/approach – To engage local freight stakeholders within the planning process of a city logistics project, the logical framework approach, in the form of the design and monitoring framework (DMF) developed by the Asian Development Bank, has been applied. Findings – The structured consultation process implied within the DMF approach allowed urban freight stakeholders to share their aspirations from the beginning of the city freight planning process, despite their differences in priorities in adopting eco-efficient logistics innovations. The process ensured that city stakeholders accepted and committed to the city logistics strategies formulated during the consultation process, namely: changes to the Limited Traffic Zone regulation, the use of an urban consolidation centre and hybrid electric truck adoption. Research limitations/implications – The evaluation of the DMF application will be definitive after the demonstration/implementation stage of the city logistics project. It will then become clear if freight stakeholders have committed to the project and if it is effective in delivering the expected outputs and outcomes. Practical implications – Local city authorities may find this method useful in situations where a structured consultation process is needed for addressing urban freight issues. This is especially the case in the context of introducing innovative, eco-efficiency solutions. Originality/value – The application of DMF in the developed environment can be considered novel; this paper extends this with an application to the promotion of sustainable urban freight.

scholarly journals Transport Service Provider Perception of Barriers and Urban Freight Policies in Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (24) ◽  
pp. 6890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leise Kelli de Oliveira ◽  
Carla de Oliveira Leite Nascimento ◽  
Paulo Renato de Sousa ◽  
Paulo Tarso Vilela de Resende ◽  
Francisco Gildemir Ferreira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Service Provider ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Freight Planning ◽  
Freight Vehicles

The aim of this paper is to analyze the perceptions of the transport service providers on the barriers in urban freight transport and the restrictions imposed on freight vehicles, identifying which urban freight transport policies can improve this activity in Brazil. Principal component analysis allowed us to identify which are barriers in urban cargo transport and the restrictions imposed on freight vehicles. In addition, we evaluated freight policies that can improve the activity using probabilistic preference. We obtained the database from a web-based survey of transport service providers in Brazil. The results indicate that the urban freight vehicle restriction is related to congestion and availability of loading and unloading areas. The freight vehicle restriction is a result of the lack of information and data. The theft of cargo significantly impacts urban freight transport. Transport service provider company perceptions indicate an urban mobility plan as the most-required freight policy to improve freight mobility. To reduce the barriers to urban freight planning, an understanding of the problem involving the stakeholders is needed. To do so, the challenge is to change the culture in the transportation planning process by integrating various actors to create an urban logistics plan that generates opportunities for the city.

scholarly journals Sustainable city logistics — Making cargo cycles viable for urban freight transport

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 50-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Schliwa ◽  
Richard Armitage ◽  
Sara Aziz ◽  
James Evans ◽  
Jasmine Rhoades
Keyword(s):  
Freight Transport ◽  
City Logistics ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport

scholarly journals ROAD FREIGHT TRANSPORT PLANNING UNDER SUSTAINABLE CITY DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (156) ◽  
pp. 8-16
Author(s):  
N. Mospan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Population ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Freight Transportation ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
City Development ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Sustainable City ◽  
Transport Planning ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport

This research paper devoted to the urban freight transport planning under sustainable city development. Continued urban population growth, traffic congestions, financial losses because of longer delivery times, harm-ful impact on environmental are highlighted as strong arguments for the freight traffic management in the cities. The article aims to help all stakeholders understand the challenges brought about by freight activities in an urban context, and make the planning process consistent and comprehensive for the city freight transportation system improvement. The brief overview of some recent foreign and native studies in urban transport planning and traffic engi-neering reveals main field of interests for modern researchers. The clear focus of the analysed scientific works di-rected on such aspects in sustainable urban freight transport development as energy and economic efficiency, eco-friendliness, safety, institutional and legal issues of freight transportations. Special attention is paid to the analy-sis of government initiatives in sustainable transport system development of Ukraine. Identification of the main freight transportation features in an urban area is carried out on the initial re-search stage. Each feature has an explanation for better understanding necessity of their usage in the freight transport planning process. The other focus of the research devotes to the description of the stages during urban freight transport planning process. Author attends a deep freight transport demand and supply analysis for a de-termination of the basic freight distribution regularities in an urban context. Therefore, a list of indicators for subsystem of city freight transportation evaluation is presented in the article. The whole set of indicators is divid-ed into economical, operational, environmental, social and general groups of indicators. Moreover, the compo-nents of successful measures implementation for an urban freight transport subsystem improvement are highlight-ed. Financial management, political support, institution, organisation and legal framework condition are consid-ered as the key elements of successful plans and measures implementation. Keywords: planning, sustainable development, freight transport, urban population, authorities.

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