Freight transport in Brussels and its impact on road traffic?

Lebeau, Philippe; Macharis, Cathy

doi:10.4000/brussels.1239

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“…Q-commerce accentuates the difficulties already faced by e-commerce urban distribution: small volumes, more delivery addresses, higher resupply frequencies, lower stock levels, reduced optimization of vehicle loads and just-in-time deliveries (Lebeau and Macharis 2014). All of these elements entail an increasing dependence on urban roads and a need to find solutions for urban logistics.…”

Section: E-commerce and Urban Logisticsmentioning

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Mobility Restrictions and E-Commerce: Holistic Balance in Madrid Centre during COVID-19 Lockdown

Villa

Monzón

2021

Economies

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COVID-19 has brought about a substantial change in urban mobility, as well as an unprecedented increase in e-commerce throughout the world due to the emergence of new ways of shopping and consumption habits. In this context, urban logistics plays a crucial role in the triple bottom line of sustainability. The present document establishes a holistic vision of the problem aiming to (i) measure and compare the traffic generated in the Madrid Central area (low-emission zone) during the periods before and after the pandemic, and (ii) quantify e-commerce orders made by residents, as well as the Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) required to deliver these parcels, measuring their environmental impact. The results show that road traffic in the Madrid Central area decreased by approximately 2/3 compared to normal levels and 1/2 in the case of LCVs. With regards to e-commerce, the number of parcels delivered doubled. This fact entailed an increase in the number of LVCs dedicated to package delivery in the central district and more pollution, but to a lesser extent than the growth of e-commerce. The challenge faced by urban logistics in the post-Covid era is managing to blend new mobility within large cities with the high volumes of e-commerce deliveries demanded by residents.

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Section: E-commerce and Urban Logisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobility Restrictions and E-Commerce: Holistic Balance in Madrid Centre during COVID-19 Lockdown

Villa

Monzón

2021

Economies

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“…We discuss a number of possibilities in the following. a) Driven kilometers vs. number of vehicles: Comparing GPS-based results to previous analysis based on traffic counts [51], we can analyze certain phenomenon in more detail. Analyzing the number of driven kilometers per hour at national scale leads to figures like Fig.…”

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Monitoring Urban-Freight Transport Based on GPS Trajectories of Heavy-Goods Vehicles

Hadavi

Verlinde

Verbeke

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IEEE Trans. Intell. Transport. Syst.

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For designing transport policy measures, it is crucial to base decisions on evidence-based insights regarding transport flows and behavior. This article introduces practical indicators for urban transport, that can be derived from large collections of GPS trajectories of heavy-goods vehicles. The indicators framework enables cities, municipalities, and regions to gain insights in the urban transport activities in their region. We motivate our indicators based on the objectives and action plans described in the strategic plan for goods traffic of the Brussels-Capital Region in Belgium. We provide a case study on data collected from on-board units of heavy-goods vehicles, which became mandatory in Belgium as part of its dynamic roadpricing scheme in 2016. This work contributes to the exciting new capabilities that are obtained through GPS trajectories data and the possibilities this offers for smart cities at the tactical, operational, and strategic level.

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“…The share of kilometers driven by the smallest GCW (< 12 tons) is the largest for the intraBe trucks within the BCR: this fully corresponds to freight urban transport deliveries (see e.g. Lebeau and Macharis 2014 or Mommens et al 2019). In addition, Figures 2–5 show that there are important intraregional differences due to human/economic activities and differences in road infrastructure.…”

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Does Tolling Per Kilometre Compensate for the External Costs of Trucks? A Geographical Approach for Belgium

Adam

Proost

Thomas

2022

International Regional Science Review

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Using detailed Global Navigation Satellite System tracing data emitted by all trucks having a gross vehicle weight of over 3.5 tons in Belgium, this paper assesses the efficiency of the current Belgian distance tax system by analyzing its spatial coverage and the matching of the distance taxes with the external costs, globally and locally. Specifically, three research questions are addressed. First, how well do the present charge rates match with external costs? Second, the operationalization of the system requires a good spatial coverage of truck movements. Does the present system guarantee an almost universal coverage? Third, do the distance charges match the external costs? We find that if the distance tax scheme differentiates regionally, it still misses large variations in noise costs. The current tracing infrastructure also captures only part of the truck operations on the territory. If distance tolls for trucks remain the backbone of the taxation of truck operations, it then needs further refinement in time and space if one wants it to be the major tool to correct for the external costs.

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Freight transport in Brussels and its impact on road traffic?

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

Mobility Restrictions and E-Commerce: Holistic Balance in Madrid Centre during COVID-19 Lockdown

Mobility Restrictions and E-Commerce: Holistic Balance in Madrid Centre during COVID-19 Lockdown

Monitoring Urban-Freight Transport Based on GPS Trajectories of Heavy-Goods Vehicles

Does Tolling Per Kilometre Compensate for the External Costs of Trucks? A Geographical Approach for Belgium

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