City Logistics

Modelling individual preferences for environmental policy drivers: Empirical evidence of Italian lifestyle changes using a latent class

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T21:02:47+00:00December 5th, 2024|

Modelling individual preferences for environmental policy drivers: Empirical evidence of Italian lifestyle changes using a latent class Degraded air quality severely affects the health of citizens worldwide. The design of effective policies requires exploring public preferences for environmental and air quality policy instruments. Within the EC-FP7 SEFIRA project, using a choice experiment that stresses the [...]

Behavioural implications of non-linear effects on urban freight transport policies: The case of retailers and transport providers in Rome

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T20:58:14+00:00December 5th, 2024|

Behavioural implications of non-linear effects on urban freight transport policies: The case of retailers and transport providers in Rome Cities import goods and freight transport is essential. However, it also generates social costs. Ensuring efficient urban freight transport is important although difficult. Policy makers intervene by defining and implementing policy measures that try to foster market [...]

A behavioral assessment of parking and pricing urban freight transport policies

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T20:57:13+00:00December 5th, 2024|

A behavioral assessment of parking and pricing urban freight transport policies Decision makers in urban goods movement (UGM) typically need to assess the impact new policy interventions might have on freight distribution. The effects of policy changes are inextricably related with the extant regulatory framework that also influences the relationships among the various actors inter-acting [...]

Le politiche per la mobilità urbana sostenibile. Le sfide del futuro

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T20:56:23+00:00December 5th, 2024|

Le politiche per la mobilità urbana sostenibile. Le sfide del futuro About 70% of the continent’s population lives in European cities; here over 80% of total GDP is generated; about 23% of total CO2 emissions are produced by the transport sector and congestion causes inefficiencies of around € 80 billion a year. This volume analyzes [...]

Measuring the effects of an urban freight policy package defined via a collaborative governance model

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T20:53:18+00:00December 5th, 2024|

Measuring the effects of an urban freight policy package defined via a collaborative governance model In recent years the European Commission has increasingly focused its attention on the development of sustainable city logistics by promulgating legislation and formal directives. Despite the efforts made, reducing freight-related congestion and polluting emissions without penalising social and economic activities [...]

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

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T20:44:36+00:00December 5th, 2024|

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 [...]

Connected shared mobility for passengers and freight: Investigating the potential of crowdshipping in urban areas

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T20:42:34+00:00December 5th, 2024|

Connected shared mobility for passengers and freight: Investigating the potential of crowdshipping in urban areas Passengers and freight mobility in urban areas represents an increasingly relevant component of modern city life. On one side, it fosters economic growth, but, on the other, it also generates high social costs. Congestion and pollution are two problems policy-makers [...]

Special Issue: Urban freight policy innovation: case studies

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T20:38:59+00:00December 5th, 2024|

Special Issue: Urban freight policy innovation: case studies The main emphasis of the Special Issue is on gaining a deeper comprehension of the policies capable of influencing practices and measuring policy achievements with respect to the objectives set. This will be performed both by investigating methodological innovations as well as presenting policy relevant case studies. [...]

Special Issue: Urban freight policy innovation: assessment methods

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T20:37:41+00:00December 5th, 2024|

Special Issue: Urban freight policy innovation: assessment methods It is foreseen that this Special Issue will lead to an improved understanding of the various policy assessment tools that can be used when evaluating freight systems and supply chains interventions. Marcucci E., Gatta, V., Macharis, C. (2017), “Urban freight policy innovation: assessment methods”, Research in Transportation Economics

Special Issue: Freight Behaviour Research

By wp_6399644|2024-12-05T20:35:26+00:00December 5th, 2024|

Special Issue: Freight Behaviour Research The importance of freight systems to modern economies and as a major source of externalities necessitates achieving a judicious balance between these important aspects. Inducing behavioural changes on the freight industry and supply chains, in general, could help jointly achieve significant reductions in the externalities produced, as well as improvements [...]