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- Traditionally, urban transportation has focused on passengers, as cities were viewed as locations of utmost human interactions with intricate traffic patterns linked to commuting, commercial transactions, and leisure/cultural activities. However, cities are also locations of production, consumption, and distribution linked to freight mobility.
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Dec 1, 2022 · Public transportation offers a promising opportunity for freight transportation in urban areas. Through the sharing of infrastructure, vehicles, or even space inside wagons, synergies can be realized which can lead to a more efficient and environmentally-friendly transportation of goods in cities.
- Urban freight transportation systems: current trends and ...
In the context of urban freight transportation, the authors...
- Urban freight transportation systems: current trends and ...
Urban mobility involves three broad categories of collective, individual, and freight transportation. While the mobility of passengers is the outcome of individual decisions based on different rationales, freight mobility is decided in tandem between the cargo owners and transportation service providers.
Nov 5, 2008 · Freight is primarily a business-to-business industry and the cities’ efforts to address the impacts are often limited to urban and traffic planning. Consequently, approaches to achieving sustainable urban freight transport (SUFT) have to go beyond strategic city planning.
- Sönke Behrends, Maria Lindholm, Johan Woxenius
- 2008
Jan 1, 2024 · We employ data on freight truck flows between urban functional locations using GPS trajectory and freight Point-of-Interest (POI) data, and construct urban freight truck mobility networks. We uncover the core structure of urban freight transport systems and the interaction patterns between locations by characterizing the properties of freight ...
Jan 1, 2020 · In the context of urban freight transportation, the authors identify measures that could be adopted by urban decision-makers to improve the traffic and environmental situation.
- Ralf Elbert, Christian Friedrich, Manfred Boltze, Hans-Christian Pfohl
- 2020
Jun 21, 2024 · The integration of freight and public transportation within urban settings is identified as a dynamic and diversifying field, with significant potential for contributing to sustainable urban development.
Jan 1, 2015 · In this paper, we present the challenges, failures and successes on urban freight transportation. We first identify the various involved stakeholders with their interests. Then we evaluate a large number of urban freight transport initiatives and identify lessons...
