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Jan 1, 2024 · We uncover the core structure of urban freight transport systems and the interaction patterns between locations by characterizing the properties of freight truck mobility networks. To study interaction dynamics of freight locations, we propose a spatial network growth model.
- Urban freight transportation systems: current trends and ...
From a social and business perspective, two of the main...
- Urban Freight Transportation Systems | ScienceDirect
The book examines numerous critical issues, such as...
- Urban freight transportation systems: current trends and ...
The urban freight landscape is the spatial distribution of the factors generating freight within an area, including regulations, infrastructures, and mobility options. CHAPTER CONTENTS. 1. Defining the Freight Landscape. 2. Urban Density and Freight. 3. Convergence and Divergence. 1. Defining the Freight Landscape.
Jan 1, 2020 · From a social and business perspective, two of the main trends affecting urban freight transportation systems are the growing importance of e-commerce and increasing customer focus.
- Ralf Elbert, Christian Friedrich, Manfred Boltze, Hans-Christian Pfohl
- 2020
The book examines numerous critical issues, such as strategies for delivery, logistics and freight transport spatial patterns, urban policy assessment, innovative transportation technologies, urban hubs, and the role factories play in the urban freight transport system.
Urban logistics involves two main functional classes of flows: Producer-related flows include industrial and terminal haulage, such as interregional and global freight flows, usually in unit loads such as containers and full truckloads, originating from or destined for terminals, manufacturing, or distribution facilities.
Typical urban attributes such as density, diverse economic, cultural, political, and social functions, and land scarcity, jointly generate mobility demands and constraints. In several instances, the mobility of passengers and freight is complementary as they may be using separate routes.
Nov 5, 2008 · The indicator set consists of two levels: impact indicators – which describe how the urban freight transport violates the principles of sustainability; and performance indicators – which describe different categories determining the characteristics and performance of the urban transport system.
