scholarly journals Innovative Scheme for Efficient Freight Movement and Sustainable Emissions Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-250
Author(s):  
Afroditi Anagnostopoulou ◽  
Evangelia Papargyri ◽  
Maria Boile
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Management ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Experimental Simulation ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This paper presents and analyses an innovative integrated scheme that aims to rationalize and improve the efficiency of urban freight transport as well as to promote reduced GHG emissions and traffic flows. Emissions management has become critical concern for modern companies and public authorities seeking to reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption from private and commercial heavy vehicle fleets, in line with the political targets of COP21 to COP23. The proposed scheme aims to utilize the current technological advances for efficient transport and logistics operations that regional authorities and companies can use and afford in order to provide competitive traffic management decisions as well as improvements in terms of pollutant emissions reduction. Both public and private stakeholders could interact to monitor and evaluate the impact of traffic policies and measures over time as well as the level of success of their routing strategies. Computational results on different scenarios of an experimental simulation model illustrate the competitiveness of the proposed scheme in an effort to quantify its effect.

scholarly journals The assessment of pollutants emissions within sustainable urban freight transport development: The case of Novi Sad

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 307-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Velickovic ◽  
Djurdjica Stojanovic ◽  
Valentina Basaric
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Gas Emissions ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
Restrictive Measures ◽  
The Impact

Assessment of pollutant emissions is a prerequisite for planning and development of sustainable urban transport systems. Majority of extant studies on sustainable urban transport is focused on pollution caused by urban passenger transport, with marked paucity of literature on the impact of urban freight transport. To partly bridge this gap, the paper objective is the impact assessment of selected regulative measures, i.e. fleet renewal on freight transport emissions. We used the case of Novi Sad to estimate the potential impact of selected restrictive measures on the external freight transport air pollution. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first studies on impact of urban freight transport on the air pollution in the cities in the Balkan region. Several research findings are of interest. Firstly, the analysis of particular gas emissions reveals expected overall positive effects of the fleet renewal in most of cases. Still, the total amount of same emissions hardly increase, so this particular measure is not enough to reach the ambitious EU strategy goals concerned with sustainable urban freight transport. Further, some negative impacts of restrictive measures on gas emissions were also recorded and discussed. The observed complex impact of restrictive measures on urban freight air pollution indicates that urban freight transport planning and modeling requires a comprehensive database, clear goals and higher priority of environmental criterion in traffic planning. Our results and recommendations may be useful for scholars, urban transport planners, policy makers and practitioners.

scholarly journals Using the Delphi Method to Evaluate the Appropriateness of Urban Freight Transport Solutions

Smart Cities ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1428-1447
Author(s):  
Ioannis Karakikes ◽  
Eftihia Nathanail
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Method ◽  
Intelligent Transportation Systems ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Energy Environment

Before implementing an Urban Freight Transport (UFT) solution, certainty is required about the effectiveness of the considered alternatives. Selecting an effective solution necessitates the engagement of all stakeholders involved in the management of the UFT system. The aim of the study is the formulation of a common assessment platform for facilitating the selection of the most appropriate UFT solution, taking into account the solutions’ effectiveness and the stakeholder perceptions and consensus. Solution maturity, social acceptance, and user uptake, which are considered as the main drivers of stakeholders’ engagement, are evaluated based on a real time Delphi survey, in parallel with solutions’ sustainability dimensions (economy and energy, environment, society, transport, and mobility). The Delphi method emerges as a suitable tool in this direction as stakeholders’ subjective judgments, and not analytical techniques, are required. The platform is demonstrated through the assessment of ten UFT solutions by 184 stakeholders (public authorities, supply chain operators, and other interested groups) who reside in cities across the world. The results of the demonstration showed that Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for freight monitoring and electric vehicles are the highest rated solutions, while drone deliveries are the lowest, reaching respectively the highest and lowest consensus levels.

scholarly journals Towards Sustainable Urban Logistics: Creating Sustainable Urban Freight Transport on the Example of a Limited Accessibility Zone in Gdansk

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Matusiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Transport Policy ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Desk Research ◽  
Existing Data

The purpose of the article is to identify the conditions for the implementation of deliveries in the Limited Accessibility Zone (LAZ) in Gdansk, based on interviews conducted among suppliers in October 2018. Another goal is to identify guidelines for the need to create a new transport policy for cities, which will be in line with sustainable urban logistics. The presented analysis is not an economic or technical analysis of an executive nature. It focuses on indicating the nature of the impact of factors conditioning further actions related to the discussed area. To define a sustainable urban logistics plan road map, the desk research method was used. It involved analyzing, verifying and merging existing data and information from the results of European projects. The paper can be used as a road map to proceed with planning urban logistics in the city and to create a document of Sustainable Urban Logistics Plan (SULP). This is the first study carried out in the LAZ of Gdansk since its introduction in 2014, therefore conclusions can be used by scientists and the creators of urban transport policy to create limited accessibility zones.

scholarly journals The Tendency of Urban Stakeholders to Adopt Sustainable Logistics Measures on the Example of a Polish Metropolis

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 5909
Author(s):  
Maria Matusiewicz ◽  
Ryszard Rolbiecki ◽  
Marcin Foltyński
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Transport ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Sustainable Logistics ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Information And Communication

The scale of policies and measures for sustainable urban freight transport in European cities is still insignificant. However, the situation is changing as more and more cities are adopting sustainable urban logistics plans (SULPs). The situation in cities is extremely heterogeneous, so it would be difficult to point to one single policy that fits all. Yet the tool created with European projects constituting an instruction to prepare SULP allows us to follow the standardized steps, regardless of the conditions found in particular cities. The effectiveness of implementing sustainable measures to a large extent depends on the level of acceptability of individual urban space stakeholders. The article presents the results of a survey conducted among stakeholders of a Polish metropolis—the Gdansk–Gdynia–Sopot metropolitan area. The analysis showed that acceptability rises with the increase in the size of the surveyed entities. The most diversified acceptability ratings were obtained for the transport infrastructure solutions. Proposals for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions are rated more positively by medium-sized and large enterprises. These solutions are assessed with greater caution by small and micro enterprises. The least diversified and clearly higher acceptance indicators were obtained for proposals in the scope of shaping sustainable urban transport development. The assessments obtained from the respondents should therefore constitute an important element of the works for developing the sustainable urban logistics plans starting in 2020 for Gdynia and also the opinions can be an important element of the future sustainable urban logistics plans, which are currently being developed in many European cities.

scholarly journals The impact of urban freight transport and mobility on transport externalities in the SPMR

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
Henrique Ewbank ◽  
José Geraldo Vidal Vieira ◽  
Jan Fransoo ◽  
Maristela Alves Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Freight Transport ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Reforming the fleet of public authorities

2021 ◽  
Vol 899 (1) ◽  
pp. 012064
Author(s):  
Stylianos Zindros ◽  
Afroditi Anagnostopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Environmental Implications ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Traffic Police ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Vehicle Fleet ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The negative environmental implications and the reduced ψlevel of social services in many urban areas have attracted significant attention over the last years. Sustainability and quality of life are evolving to demanding actions in urban areas and public authorities have started to buy cleaner, greener vehicles in order to reforming their fleets. This paper presents and analyses a case study of the Traffic Police Division of Attica transition to a new vehicle fleet. It aims to examine how they managed to decrease the inefficiencies of their transport services in terms of both operational and environmental costs by achieving reduced fuel consumption as well as Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. It focuses on the impact on the environment due to the fuel consumption of vehicle fleet by using proper performance indicators (such as l/100 km for fuel consumption, g/km for CO, g/km for CO2). Overall, the performance of reforming the fleet of the Traffic Police Division of Attica is evaluated in terms of fuel consumption and GHG reductions following a proposed approach for estimating emissions.

scholarly journals A study framework for assessing the performance of the urban freight transport based on PLS approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imane Moufad ◽  
Fouad Jawab
Keyword(s):  
Noise Pollution ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Urban Freight ◽  
Urban Freight Transport ◽  
Pls Analysis ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Complex Subject

The urban freight transport (UFT) is an important component of the urban logistics. It represents a driving force for the economic dynamics and attractiveness of a city. It can be treated as all movements of goods necessary for the economic activities, the institutions and the residents of urban life. Through, it faces with problems relating to the congestion, unsafety, atmospheric and noise pollution that constrain its performance and hinder its development. This performance is a complex subject on which a great deal of research has emerged in the last decade. Accordingly, this paper aims to develop a model for assessing the performance of the UFT. The objective is to identify the determinants of the performance of the urban freight transport and measure the impact of each factor. Therefore the first part of this article concerns the elaboration of the model and the formulation of the hypotheses. First, an overview of the factors that could influence the performance of the UFT was identified based on a literature review. The result of this step allowed to model, by mobilizing the GRAI grid (Graph of results and interrelated activities), the UFT system in order to release the decisional links between these factors. Then, the grid will be decomposed into hypotheses explaining the relations between the factors and the performance of the UFT. The formulation of each hypothesis will be based on all the theoretical works that have treated it. The second part includes the empirical study to test the model using the partial least squares (PLS) analysis. Therefore, we conducted a survey among managers and users of the UFT in the city of Fez. A hypothetico-deductive approach has been used with a sequential methodological complementarity between qualitative analysis for exploratory purposes and the support of quantitative analysis for confirmation. The results of the test, confirm a significant influence of the identified factors on the UFT performance. The practical scope of this paper is to provide a decision-making framework for urban management department explaining the impact of these factors on the UFT performance.

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