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- The growth of e-commerce and home deliveries has created additional pressures on the urban mobility of freight. City logistics strategies can be established to mitigate the variety of challenges faced by urban freight distribution, namely delivery hours and parking.
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Jun 9, 2020 · The pandemic has brought into focus the need to rethink how cargo and freight move around and through our cities. Improved infrastructure, better public/private collaboration and technology all have roles to play in long-term mobility solutions.
- Jens Martin Skibsted
Jan 1, 2024 · We characterized the properties of freight truck mobility networks by using complex networks measures, and to uncover the core structure of urban freight transport systems and interaction patterns between urban locations.
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.
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
Sep 13, 2017 · Last year, McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance published An integrated perspective on the future of mobility, which outlined four trends that are rapidly changing passenger transport: electrification, autonomy, connectivity, and sharing.
Feb 1, 2021 · By offering a global vision of the key components of freight transport and urban growth (economic activities and population), logistics distension brings decision makers and local authorities to reconsider freight mobility using a broader approach.
The common perspective in urban planning is that higher densities are preferable since they generate economies for services and opportunities in the use of public transit. However, high concentration levels generate conflicts between freight and passenger transportation, induce congestion, pollution, noise, higher levels of energy consumption ...
