A Sustainable Crowdsourced Delivery System to Foster Free-Floating Bike-Sharing

Binetti, Mario; Caggiani, Leonardo; Camporeale, Rosalia; Ottomanelli, Michele

doi:10.3390/su11102772

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“…This result is coherent and further reinforced by other studies proving analogous advantages, not only from an economic perspective but also in terms of public health, environment, quality of life, etc. [4,6,[8][9][10][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]33,40,42,76,80,[82][83][84][85]90,91,[113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123].…”

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Cycle Logistics Projects in Europe: Intertwining Bike-Related Success Factors and Region-Specific Public Policies with Economic Results

2021

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The aim of this paper is to investigate whether and which specific, distinctive characteristics of European cycle logistics projects and the corresponding supporting policies have an impact on their economic performances in terms of profit and profitability. First, we identify project success factors by geographic area and project-specific characteristics; then, we statistically test possible dependence relationships with supporting policies and economic results. Finally, we provide a value-based identification of those characteristics and policies which more commonly lead to better economic results. This way, our work may serve as a basis for the prioritization and contextualization of those project functionalities and public policies to be implemented in a European context. We found that cycle logistics projects in Europe achieve high profit and profitability levels, and the current policies are generally working well and supporting them. We also found that profit and profitability vary across the bike model utilized: mixing cargo bikes and tricycles generates the highest profit and profitability, whilst a trailer–tricycle–cargo bike mix paves the way for high volumes and market shares.

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Cycle Logistics Projects in Europe: Intertwining Bike-Related Success Factors and Region-Specific Public Policies with Economic Results

2021

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“…The main policies that can promote pedestrian mobility are: The literature on all these topics is extensive; here, we refer to some general papers that are useful to deepen the specific topics [57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66].…”

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Sustainable Mobility: A Review of Possible Actions and Policies

Gallo

Marinelli

2020

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In this paper, a review of the main actions and policies that can be implemented to promote sustainable mobility is proposed. The work aims to provide a broad, albeit necessarily not exhaustive, analysis of the main studies and research that from different points of view have focused on sustainable mobility. The structure of the paper enables the reader to easily identify the topics covered and the studies related to them, so as to guide him/her to the related in-depth studies. In the first part of the paper, there is a preliminary analysis of the concept of sustainable mobility, the main transport policies implemented by the European Union and the USA, and the main statistical data useful to analyze the problem. Next, the main policies that can promote sustainable mobility are examined, classifying them into three topics: Environmental, socio-economic, and technological. Many of the policies and actions examined could be classified into more than one of the three categories used; for each of them, there is a description and the main literature work on which the topic can be analyzed in more detail. The paper concludes with a discussion on the results obtained and the prospects for research.

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“…It must also occur that the number of EVs in each station at the beginning of the day must be lower than the available spaces (4). Finally, constraints (5) and (6) impose the maximum number of docks/stalls and the maximum number of EVs that can be purchased with the available budget S and E, respectively.…”

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“…Thus, a wider range of users can be attracted from these e-vehicles. In addition, they could be a valid option within the intermodal passenger transport for the first/last mile trips supporting public transport [4,5] and urban city logistics, too [6].…”

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A Novel Distributed System of e-Vehicle Charging Stations Based on Pumps as Turbine to Support Sustainable Micromobility

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Recent statistics shows that CO2 emissions from road transport have been increasing. In addition, the paradigm of “more electric vehicles” does not seem to be positive from the environmental point of view. In fact, assuming the current energy mix system, studies focusing on Life Cycle Assessment and Well-To-Wheels analysis demonstrate that electric vehicles are less eco-friendly than traditional internal combustion-based engines. Then, it is mandatory to shift toward renewable energy sources to produce electricity with less CO2 emission. In this work, it is proposed to use a new e-vehicles charging system based on Pumps used as Turbine (PATs). This system uses the pressure in excess that could be available in a water distribution network (WDN). Such an excess of pressure is usually destroyed by pressure-reducing valves with the aim to reduce water leaks. PATs are also able to reduce water pressure and produce electrical energy that can be supplied to e-vehicles charging stations. Then, a bi-level methodology to design and optimize the e-charging stations system for (individual or shared) e-bikes and/or e-scooters is proposed. The method allows determining the optimal number of e-vehicles, charging stations docks, and PATs on the study area according to the WDN layout and hydraulic properties as well as the road network characteristics and demand of e-vehicles. The potential of the methodology is shown by an application to a real case study.

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A Sustainable Crowdsourced Delivery System to Foster Free-Floating Bike-Sharing

Cited by 23 publications

References 34 publications

Cycle Logistics Projects in Europe: Intertwining Bike-Related Success Factors and Region-Specific Public Policies with Economic Results

Cycle Logistics Projects in Europe: Intertwining Bike-Related Success Factors and Region-Specific Public Policies with Economic Results

Sustainable Mobility: A Review of Possible Actions and Policies

A Novel Distributed System of e-Vehicle Charging Stations Based on Pumps as Turbine to Support Sustainable Micromobility

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