Sustainable Goods Supply and Transport in Conurbations: Freight Strategies and Guidelines

Ruesch, Martin; Hegi, Philipp; Haefeli, Ueli; Matti, Daniel; Schultz, Barbara; Rütsche, Philipp

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.095

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“…Various city logistics concepts, measures and technologies to be implemented are at the heart of many published studies. For example, [5] presents a proposal related to planning and optimising a hub-and-spoke network within a certain urban area, whereas [6] and [7] discuss the issue of planning challenges at a city logistics scale, an integrated scheduling of logistics processes in a short-term horizon, as well as resource management involving a two-tier distribution structure.…”

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Modelling Distribution Routes in City Logistics by Applying Operations Research Methods

Stopka¹

2022

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The article focuses on the up-to-date subject from the practical as well as scientific point of view. It specifically discusses a proposal of an approach concerning transport or distribution problems in the range of city logistics and investigates possibilities to use opted operations research methods in this particular area. Specific suggestions lie first and foremost in using selected tools of operations research (i.e. a set of methods concerning vehicle routing problem) to model multiple variants of distribution paths from a determined hub to multiple spokes in order to minimise the overall travelled distance in an urban area. As far as the very research goes, to define distribution paths to supply multiple logistics objects in the range of city logistics, ensuing methods are step by step used: Clarke-Wright algorithm, Mayer algorithm and the nearest neighbour algorithm. The article consists of a conceptual section, describing the relevant theory as well as data and methods used, the practical part and the section encompassing an assessment of the key findings, along with the discussion. A suitable combination of adequate operations research methods and their application to city logistics issues is where an innovative solution of this research lies.

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Modelling Distribution Routes in City Logistics by Applying Operations Research Methods

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2022

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“…This has spatially situated a chain of logistics zones on the fringe of the urban area. These logistics zones influence the context of facility location and significantly impact logistics business involvement through dictating the location and type of facilities permitted (Allen et al, 2012;Ruesch et al, 2012). Public policy decisions being made at both the provincial and municipal level can either hinder or enhance how logistics businesses are able to operate, which ultimately controls the flow of goods into and within the city.…”

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Rethinking planning in a digital marketplace: implications of e-commerce for land use policy in Toronto

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2021

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The intention of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe is to create a planning framework that achieves complete communities and a thriving economy. However, there is minimal direction for municipalities planning for retail development to realize these goals. This is problematic, as e-commerce is disrupting the retail industry and is transforming the commercial and industrial real estate that support it. This paper examines e-commerce growth over the past thirteen years in Canada and demonstrates how this is prompting changes in both land markets through two case studies. Case studies identify implications that e-commerce will create for land use policy in Toronto moving forward. Recommendations presented to address these implications prompt upper levels of government to collect data to inform decision making at the municipal level. Recommendations for the City of Toronto are aimed at relaxing land use policies to create a strategy to facilitate efficient goods movement. Key words: E-commerce; Land Use Policy; Toronto, Canada

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“…The Well-to-Wheel analysis therefore determines the consumption of fossil fuel energy and the production of CO 2 e for driving conditions that correspond to the European homologation cycle. The standard further specifies individual processes and principles that are essential for the correct calculation of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions [29][30][31][32].…”

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Issues Concerning Declared Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of FAME Biofuels

2018

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The paper deals with the issue of greenhouse gas emissions that are produced by the road freight transport sector. These emissions affect the structure of the ozone layer and contribute to the greenhouse effect that causes global warming-issues that are closely associated with changing weather patterns and extreme weather events. Attention is drawn to the contradictions linked to FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Esters) biofuels, namely the fact that although their use generates almost zero greenhouse gas emissions, their production requires high levels of energy consumption. The first part of the paper deals with the theoretical basis of the negative impacts of transport on the environment and the subsequent measurement of the extent of the harmful emissions generated by the road freight transport sector. In the methodical part of the paper, the calculation procedures and declared energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions generated by transport services are analyzed according to the EN 16258 standard. The experimental part of the paper focuses on the application of the methodology to a specific shipment on a specified transport route, where the total energy consumption and production of greenhouse gas emissions is determined. These calculations are based on comprehensive studies carried out for a particular transport company that assigned the authors the task of determining to what extent the declared energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions change when the type of fuel used is changed.

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Sustainable Goods Supply and Transport in Conurbations: Freight Strategies and Guidelines

Cited by 13 publications

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Modelling Distribution Routes in City Logistics by Applying Operations Research Methods

Modelling Distribution Routes in City Logistics by Applying Operations Research Methods

Rethinking planning in a digital marketplace: implications of e-commerce for land use policy in Toronto

Issues Concerning Declared Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of FAME Biofuels

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