The Concept of Binary Evaluation of Freight Quality Partnership Impact on the Principles of Sustainable Urban Development

Application of AHP and DEMATEL Methods in Choosing and Analysing the Measures for the Distribution of Goods in Szczecin Region

“…It will be a strategic plan focused on freight transport functioning, covering the goals and measures to be taken in the mid-and long-term. Additionally, it will be based on systematic surveying of the needs of local stakeholders, who, as the research has shown so far, aptly recognize urban delivery problems [71]. It is also important that the selection of measures, achieved during the analysis, is not closed and there is openness towards other ideas and projects that may be devised by a vast range of city development stakeholders (both internal and external in relation to the local self-government; including inhabitants, entrepreneurs, investors, institutions, organizations, etc.)…”

“…The activities of FQP are focused on the cooperation between municipalities, transport operators, entrepreneurs, environmental organizations, and other interested parties, which forms the basis for developing a collection of best practices to make freight transport more ecological, economical, safe, and efficient [70]. All these entities collaborate to develop a possibly full and consensual understanding of freight transport issues and problems, to promote constructive solutions that reconcile the need for access to goods/services with the local environmental and social concerns, and thus optimally serve the needs of local businesses and communities [71]. This kind of partnership is established mostly by local authorities, freight transport industry, local businesses, local communities, environmental organizations, and other interested parties [66].…”

“…The FQP in Szczecin engaged stakeholders from several key groups: Delivery companies and distributors, local and regional authorities, local businesses, local communities, environmental organizations, and universities. As part of the functioning of the Freight Quality Partnership in Szczecin, the partners exchange information and experience, and also initiate projects regarding transport issues in the broad sense [71]. Working meetings are usually held in the form of the so-called "round tables", at which individual stakeholders present their problems and try to work out consensus solutions to ensure meeting expectations (based on the achieved compromise) [71].…”

“…Consequences for the city, including improving the image and functionality of the city • Consequences for the environment, e.g., improving environment quality by reducing the traffic of commercial vehicles, and noise reduction Based on the above-mentioned factors, the three main criteria to assess the planned actions were determined [71]:…”

“… Consequences for entities engaged in economic activities in the surveyed area (e.g., shops and HoReCa sector entities), such as the need to adapt to changes in delivery hours, and the cost of implementing some solutions  Consequences for the city, including improving the image and functionality of the city  Consequences for the environment, e.g., improving environment quality by reducing the traffic of commercial vehicles, and noise reduction Based on the above-mentioned factors, the three main criteria to assess the planned actions were determined [71]:…”