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- 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.
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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.
- Ralf Elbert, Johannes Rentschler
- 2021
Jun 21, 2024 · Urban logistics face growing complexity as cities seek sustainable development pathways; one solution is integrating freight transportation with public transit. The purpose of this study is to evaluate current practices, identify gaps, and highlight opportunities for advancement in this field.
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...
Dec 1, 2022 · Integrating goods movement into public/mass rapid transit (MRT) is an emerging initiative to improve urban freight transport services and sustainability. This paper explores new prospects to achieve extensive non-road city logistics based on a deep freight-on-rail-transit (FoRT) strategy.
- Ralf Elbert, Johannes Rentschler
- 2021
Jun 1, 2022 · In sum, our analysis revealed the importance of early integration of urban freight transport in city planning and stakeholder involvement in the public planning to improve the decision process and to evaluate the solutions and consequences for urban freight transport in city planning.
Increasing urban freight traffic has implications for sustainability, air pollution, road safety and street space. WRI seeks to foster sustainable urban freight policies and practices that work hand-in-hand with other sustainable transport policies to reduce emissions, increase access to goods and services, and improve road safety.
Jun 1, 2021 · Developing a metro-based underground logistics system (M-ULS) to integrate freight activities into passenger rail transit networks is a sustainable option to improve urban traffic and...
