Toward smart and sustainable traffic solutions: a case study of the geography of transitions in urban logistics

Fraske, Tim; Bienzeisler, Bernd

doi:10.1080/15487733.2020.1840804

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“…Furthermore, some studies reveal positive effects of emerging technologies on the three sustainability pillars: environmental, social, and economic. The role of advanced ICT and big data are highlighted for reaching the goals of sustainable development, as well as ensuring a healthy and livable environment for the city and its citizens [49].…”

Section: State Of the Art: Solutions For Urban Logisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most measures taken by the public sector concerning urban freight transport are directed at lowering the negative social and environmental effects caused by transport activities. In this sense, decision-makers responsible for transport policies carry out various initiatives that focus on the physical infrastructure, road traffic, vehicle design, or basic logistic operations [49].…”

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confidence: 99%

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SOLFI: An Integrated Platform for Sustainable Urban Last-Mile Logistics’ Operations—Study, Design and Development

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Sustainable urban logistics has an important impact on the cities, which emphasizes the need for better management of logistics activities, including the usage of environmentally friendly transportation. The sustainability of cities, a concern that is on the agenda, is a very important topic pertaining to current political and societal issues. In this sense, although collaboration among urban logistics stakeholders on projects can be challenging, this effort pays off when there is a significant result for the sustainability of cities. This paper aims to present an Information System, named SOLFI (Sistema de Otimização para a Logística urbana com Fluxos Integrados), for planning management and control of urban logistics based on sustainability that integrates the transport of passengers and freight, using the city bus network and bicycles to perform last-mile deliveries. To develop the SOLFI solution and to ensure co-creation through a participative design approach, an agile methodology was used. In terms of results, the SOLFI integrates different agents in the movement of goods in urban centers with less polluting and small vehicles, in particular buses and bicycles. It represents a decision support system that is intended to operate in real-time, managing the entire process from the request until the load delivery to the final destination, to simplify, automate, and improve the urban logistics process. Thus, the main characteristics of SOLFI are to manage all the information required for this process in order to: (i) request quotation and acceptance management; (ii) deliver plan development to all the agents involved; (iii) manage the loads along the network; (iv) allow the tracking and control of requests along the network; and (v) enable replanning due to various possible disruptions that may occur during the process. SOLFI’s distinctive characteristic and main contribution result from the integration of all the transportation network and all agents in the same platform while considering synchronization among involved agents. The SOLFI solution allows for the reduction of traditional flows of goods, taking advantage of the availability of public passenger transport (buses) to perform the main travel distance within the city and the use of bicycles as a last-mile step. In this way, there is a reduction in the number of polluting vehicles in the city, meeting sustainability practices.

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Section: State Of the Art: Solutions For Urban Logisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: State Of the Art: Solutions For Urban Logisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

SOLFI: An Integrated Platform for Sustainable Urban Last-Mile Logistics’ Operations—Study, Design and Development

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“…Visibility and transparency of the supply chain comes to the forefront which has in recent years become a customer demand (Evangelista 2014). Cities grow in population demanding quick, easy last-mile transport that does not contribute to the amount of traffic in urban areas (Fraske and Bienzeisler 2020). Simultaneously as the e-commerce sector grows, the demand for a particular level of service is present, creating a difficult situation for organisations to control the amount of orders while meeting the customer desires to have business with a green company (Mangina et al 2020).…”

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Exploring green logistics practices in freight transport and logistics: a study of biomethane use in Sweden

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International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

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Logistics networks need to conform to arising market trends and public requirements for greening freight transport through a series of Green Logistics Practices (GLPs). This study sets out to explore the use of fossil-free fuels as a GLP and possible influence on business strategy and system design. A literature review was conducted which concluded that literature about the use of fossil-free fuels is limited. An explorative interview study was conducted to further explore the use of biomethane among actors in logistics networks. Customers increasingly request green freight transport typically accepting moderately higher prices for green transport. Development of green logistics services is predominately driven by corporate stakeholders and internal initiatives, while public regulation appeared to have a weak influence. The study revealed new insights into how GLPs can relate to each other.

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“…Localized plans and developments alongside involving stakeholders in decisionmaking could improve pathways and increase customer acceptance [65][66][67]. A whole journey perspective (Woodcock and Tovey, 2020) by Integration of different transport modes and empowering customers to choose the optimum set of options will decrease costs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions [68][69][70].…”

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Sustainable Transportation in Practice: A Systematic Quantitative Review of Case Studies

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After the COVID-19 pandemic and the spectrum of new climate change disruptions in the supply chain, a holistic approach towards sustainable transportation is needed. Sustainable transportation could benefit sustainable development from different angles; reduced traffic deaths, increased share of renewable energy, higher quality of transport-related infrastructure, increased satisfaction with public transportation, increased responsible consumption and production, and reduced fossil fuel consumption. This study is an attempt to show whereon the scholars were focused previously and where the focus needs to be more on. This study has reviewed 358 case studies and categorized them into twenty groups based on the transportation mode and eleven groups based on the authors’ primary areas of concern. Keyword analysis followed by topics modeling showed three non-overlapping trends in the cohort. The results, with a corroboratory investigation on the benefits of the United States’ infrastructure bill, were discussed in four categories: in-vehicle improvements, built-environment elements, human factors, and planning and regulations.

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Toward smart and sustainable traffic solutions: a case study of the geography of transitions in urban logistics

Cited by 8 publications

References 57 publications

SOLFI: An Integrated Platform for Sustainable Urban Last-Mile Logistics’ Operations—Study, Design and Development

SOLFI: An Integrated Platform for Sustainable Urban Last-Mile Logistics’ Operations—Study, Design and Development

Exploring green logistics practices in freight transport and logistics: a study of biomethane use in Sweden

Sustainable Transportation in Practice: A Systematic Quantitative Review of Case Studies

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