Smart urban freight planning process: integrating desk, living lab and modelling approaches in decision-making

This paper proposes an innovative approach to decision-making processes for urban freight planning that could easily be transferred across cities while capable of jointly taking into account: (1) all the conceivable and updated urban freight transport (UFT) measures that should apply to the specific city culture, structure and evolution, (2) all the relevant stakeholders and successfully involve them from the beginning, (3) behavioural, technical, operational, organisational and financial issues.

Gatta, V., Marcucci, E. & Le Pira, M. (2017), “Smart urban freight planning process: integrating desk, living lab and modelling approaches in decision-making”, European Transport Research Review, 9: 32