EU cities’ potentials for formulation and implementation of sustainable urban freight transport strategic plans

Kiba-Janiak, Maja

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2019.06.017

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“…The use of urban freight strategies for effective reverse logistics and resource flows is also a viable CE strategy for the transport sector ( EMF, 2019 ) as it enables the provision of services in a manner that also supports similar priorities for economic growth, air quality, environmental noise and waste management ( Akgün et al., 2019 ; Kiba-Janiak, 2019 ). Beyond vehicles and infrastructure, the adoption of these strategies can enable the development of new technologies and practices such as virtualisation of products, digital manufacturing, waste collection, and sorting systems.…”

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A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

Ibn‐Mohammed

Mustapha

Godsell

et al. 2021

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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Highlights COVID-19 presents unprecedented challenge to all facets of human endeavour. A critical review of the negative and positive impacts of the pandemic is presented. The danger of relying on pandemic-driven benefits to achieving SDGs is highlighted. The pandemic and its interplay with circular economy (CE) approaches is examined. Sector-specific CE recommendations in a resilient post-COVID-19 world are outlined.

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confidence: 99%

A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

Ibn‐Mohammed

Mustapha

Godsell

et al. 2021

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

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414

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“…Although there are papers on urban logistics, in Poland [17,18,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] this field remains an area where there is still need of research and data to introduce innovative solutions, and above all to broaden awareness that city logistics is no less important than commuters mobility and that these are not separate but mutually dependent areas. There is a need for cooperation between the private and public sector.…”

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The Tendency of Urban Stakeholders to Adopt Sustainable Logistics Measures on the Example of a Polish Metropolis

2019

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The scale of policies and measures for sustainable urban freight transport in European cities is still insignificant. However, the situation is changing as more and more cities are adopting sustainable urban logistics plans (SULPs). The situation in cities is extremely heterogeneous, so it would be difficult to point to one single policy that fits all. Yet the tool created with European projects constituting an instruction to prepare SULP allows us to follow the standardized steps, regardless of the conditions found in particular cities. The effectiveness of implementing sustainable measures to a large extent depends on the level of acceptability of individual urban space stakeholders. The article presents the results of a survey conducted among stakeholders of a Polish metropolis-the Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot metropolitan area. The analysis showed that acceptability rises with the increase in the size of the surveyed entities. The most diversified acceptability ratings were obtained for the transport infrastructure solutions. Proposals for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions are rated more positively by medium-sized and large enterprises. These solutions are assessed with greater caution by small and micro enterprises. The least diversified and clearly higher acceptance indicators were obtained for proposals in the scope of shaping sustainable urban transport development. The assessments obtained from the respondents should therefore constitute an important element of the works for developing the sustainable urban logistics plans starting in 2020 and also the opinions can be an important element of the future sustainable urban logistics plans, which are currently being developed in many European cities. of tools to improve the communication of the organizers of goods flows. Urban logistics projects most often aim to reduce the number of individual cars, decrease pollutant emissions in urban spaces, change regulations, e.g., restrictions on driving in urban areas (concerning the size and type of vehicles, hours of entry, charges, exhaust emissions, stopping) or the consolidation of goods in urban mini hubs. However, the introduction of new solutions is impossible without a long-term strategy developed by transport policy makers and the collection of data from the market.Usually the main objective of city logistics projects is to reduce individual motorization in order to reduce pollutant emissions in urban spaces. These projects concern changes in regulations, changes in the type of vehicles and consolidation centers. In the limited space of a historical city, conceptual change (e.g., cooperation, dock-sharing) may be easier to introduce than hard measures.As part of an impressive number of initiatives over the past few years, many European cities have embarked on a number of sustainable freight transport projects. The goal of the NOVELOG (New Cooperative Business Models and Guidance for Sustainable City Logistics) project in the years 2015-2018 was to enable cities to implement effective and sus...

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“…As a consequence, a larger number of vehicles travelling around for such deliveries purposes sums to the already rather great amount of traffic affecting congested road network. Local Authorities (LAs), which are responsible for city mobility and quality of life, plays a fundamental role in facing these issues: this requires urban freight transport being part of a city strategic management [3]. However, "the number of different definitions of urban freight transport and city logistics reflects the complexity of this field and the persistent lack of consensus on how to address the issues" ( [4], page 2).…”

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“…Moreover, the urban freight transport planning process involves various aspects, as the monitoring of the freight activity, the understanding of the local supply chains, and the stakeholders' involvement. As observed in [3], there are three main facets when dealing with urban freight transport, namely the demand of goods and services, their delivery and the physical environment, regulated by local government services. All these preliminary points highlight the variety of aspects that worth to be treated while dealing with this topic.…”

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“…Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) are the key tool for European LAs in the planning, development and implementation of adequate transportation management. These plans consider the main features of sustainable transport and have to devote specific actions in their logistic components in the so-called Sustainable Urban Logistics Plan -SULP [3]. However, Local Authorities capabilities in planning freight movements are often limited, at least compared to the attention paid to passenger transport issues.…”

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Freight distribution in urban areas: a method to select the most important loading and unloading areas and a survey tool to investigate related demand patterns

Diana

Pirra

Woodcock

2020

Eur. Transp. Res. Rev.

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Cities all around the world are observing increasing levels of urban freight activities owing to the growth of internet shopping combined to the traditional distribution to shops, creating additional problems in terms of congestions and environmental impacts. This study, developed within the European Project SUITS framework, aims at showing how Local Authorities can effectively observe freight flows from the demand side. This led to the design, implementation and testing of a spatial cluster analysis approach to understand which are the most important loading/unloading parking spots in an urban setting by processing the GPS traces of a fleet of logistic vehicles. Later field activities should focus on these important areas to maximize the efficiency of the survey. A survey of retailers and shops in such areas to observe delivering activities is then proposed. The whole process, namely the spatial analysis and the field survey, was then tested to the real case of an Italian city (Turin) to assess the potentiality of the methods. The methodology proposed can give useful insights to Local Authorities on a way of monitoring the freight distribution patterns at the more disaggregated individual loading/unloading area.

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EU cities’ potentials for formulation and implementation of sustainable urban freight transport strategic plans

Cited by 15 publications

References 19 publications

A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

The Tendency of Urban Stakeholders to Adopt Sustainable Logistics Measures on the Example of a Polish Metropolis

Freight distribution in urban areas: a method to select the most important loading and unloading areas and a survey tool to investigate related demand patterns

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