A selected review on the negative externalities of the freight transportation: Modeling and pricing

Current logistics and transportation (L&T) systems include heterogeneous fleets consisting of common internal combustion engine vehicles as well as other types of vehicles using "green" technologies, e.g., plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs). However, the incorporation of EVs in L&T activities also raise some additional challenges from the strategic, planning, and operational perspectives. For instance, smart cities are required to provide recharge stations for electric-based vehicles, meaning that investment decisions need to be made about the number, location, and capacity of these stations. Similarly, the limited driving-range capabilities of EVs, which are restricted by the amount of electricity stored in their batteries, impose non-trivial additional constraints when designing efficient distribution routes. Accordingly, this paper identifies and reviews several open research challenges related to the introduction of EVs in L&T activities, including: (a) environmental-related issues; and (b) strategic, planning and operational issues associated with "standard" EVs and with hydrogen-based EVs. The paper also analyzes how the introduction of EVs in L&T systems generates new variants of the well-known Vehicle Routing Problem, one of the most studied optimization problems in the L&T field, and proposes the use of metaheuristics and simheuristics as the most efficient way to deal with these complex optimization problems.

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“…Likewise, it has generated an updated classification of pollution pricing models inside the VRP framework [31,32]. …”

Section: Decarbonizing the Last-mile Delivery Process With The Use Ofmentioning

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Electric Vehicles in Logistics and Transportation: A Survey on Emerging Environmental, Strategic, and Operational Challenges

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“…For instance, due to less driving time of the PD vehicles, logistics service providers may experience substantial operating cost savings. As a consequence, less traveling time of the vehicles also leads to fewer carbon dioxide-equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions at the global level for the whole society Demir et al [9,11]. Furthermore, using scheduled lines for carrying freight gives extra cost benefits for public transport service providers as the utilization of SL services increases.…”

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An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows and Scheduled Lines

Ghilas

Demir

2016

Computers & Operations Research

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“…Research interest in externalities of freight transportation has continuously expanded because of the increasing impacts on economy, environment, climate, and society. Air pollution, noise, congestion, road damage and accidents are the usual externalities related to transport activities, nevertheless, due to the fact that transportation activities account for a third of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United States [6], air-pollution-related externalities are the most studied ones [7]. Air pollution is caused by emission of air pollutants such as particulate matter (PM), NOx and non-methane volatile organic compounds that affect people, vegetation, global climate and materials.…”

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Electrifying Last-Mile Deliveries: A Carbon Footprint Comparison between Internal Combustion Engine and Electric Vehicles

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Abstract. Last-mile management distribution is a growing challenge in big cities that affects to quality of life of many citizens. A way to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and congestion, as well as to promote and develop Smart Cities, is electrifying urban distribution by means of electric tricycles. This article evaluates the GHG of a tricycle logistics company (B-Line) in downtown Portland, OR. The goal is to analyze carbon footprint potential savings between electric tricycle last-mile distribution against a traditional diesel-powered van system. Real-world GPS and warehouse data were collected to assess B-Line operations. Results show a huge GHG emissions reduction, being tricycle logistic system twice more efficient that the traditional one.

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A selected review on the negative externalities of the freight transportation: Modeling and pricing

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Electric Vehicles in Logistics and Transportation: A Survey on Emerging Environmental, Strategic, and Operational Challenges

Electric Vehicles in Logistics and Transportation: A Survey on Emerging Environmental, Strategic, and Operational Challenges

An adaptive large neighborhood search heuristic for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows and Scheduled Lines

Electrifying Last-Mile Deliveries: A Carbon Footprint Comparison between Internal Combustion Engine and Electric Vehicles

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