Liveability and freight transport in urban areas: the example of the Calabria Region for City Logistics

Trecozzi, Maria Rosaria; Iiritano, Giuseppe; Petrungaro, Giovanna

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2021.12.016

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“…• transport and logistics operators (transport enterprises) could optimize their choice including vehicle load, routing, and scheduling, as well as the delivery travel time in terms of last mile operations, i.e., at-customer deliveries, and their part of reverse logistics (Kin et al, 2017;Ruiz-Meza et al, 2021); • public administration, in its different levels and branches, could optimize the sustainability/liveability of the city in terms of better use of urban public space (both those destined to drive and those destined to park) with respect to all the different demand components (i.e., passengers and freight) using different mode-services (Calabrò et al, 2019;Hadavi et al, 2019;Trecozzi et al, 2022); it can be noted that the role of public administration is twofold, and from one side, it has the commitment to organize public spaces for freight vehicles driving and parking (in a strategic view and then in an off-line design); on the other side, it can have the role of supply information on park and path in real time and to manage reservation (in operational view and then in on-line management and control); therefore, the main role of emerging ICTs is linked to the dynamic real-time connection and all the new options coming from there; • retailers could optimize their restocking process and integrate the freight receiving operations within their selling activity, considering also the payments; they could also optimize their part of reverse logistics reducing their estate costs and minimizing (or nulling) the inventory cost (Gonzalez-Feliu and Peris-Pla, 2017;Rai et al, 2019); • end consumers which can benefit, from one side, as citizens for the reduction of traffic due to city logistics optimizations and for the increase of liveability due to the improvement of the safety and the reduction of pollution emissions; on the other hand, as consumers, for the availability of new delivery services (e.g., instant deliveries; Dablanc et al, 2017).…”

Section: City Logistics Actorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging Information and Communication Technologies: the Challenges for the Dynamic Freight Management in City Logistics

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Russo

2022

Front. Future Transp.

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Recently, the evolution of emerging information and communication technologies (e-ICTs) has opened the road for developing and implementing new integrated and dynamic city logistics solutions and subsequently for identifying new frontiers of intelligent transport systems (ITSs). The study evolves pointing out the different city logistics groups of actors and their reciprocal interactions in relation to the considered new technologies (i.e., internet of things, block chain, big data, and artificial intelligence), which allow actors to increase their utility exploiting the advancement of current intelligent transport systems. The changes in the generalized path costs supported by each stakeholder are explored, and the modifications guided by e-ICTs are analyzed. The learning process due to the update for within-day and day-to-day dynamics is detailed and formalized. In this way, the current formulation of the classical transport problem (vehicle routing and scheduling) and the new one (pushed from the growth of ecommerce, i.e., courier routing) are explored under the light of the new knowledge derived from the use of e-ICTs. Novelty of the study mainly comprises the analysis of each emerging ICT group and of the formalization, in the classical transport system models (TSM), of the new knowledge for each actor group.

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Section: City Logistics Actorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging Information and Communication Technologies: the Challenges for the Dynamic Freight Management in City Logistics

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Russo

2022

Front. Future Transp.

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“…Several conclusions can be drawn from the previous section, regarding the paradigm shift in corporate logistics and the involvement of corporations in the development of this new technology. Moreover, a subdivision of logistics begins to take shape in literature, which this current research effort wishes to accentuate by means of empirical evidence, as it drastically changes organisation design, from the infrastructure corporations are relying on for their functioning, to the urban norms within the cities where organisations conduct affairs in (Ma et al, 2021;Rześny-Cieplińska, Szmelter-Jarosz and Moslem, 2021;Trecozzi, Iiritano and Petrungaro, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

A Theoretical Model of eVTOL as a Business Administration Vehicle for Efficiency

Stoicescu¹,

Cioranu²,

Țicău³

et al. 2022

New Trends in Sustainable Business and Consumption

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The current research paper is purposed to evaluate the upcoming Urban Air Mobility trend as a logistics alternative for the modern organisation design, as industrial complexes are directing resources to the development of these concepts. Our qualitative analysis relies on secondary data, due to scarce information available. Starting with a descriptive analysis of the technological evolutions, the study undertakes a thorough market evaluation based on key criteria that are meant to determine if the efforts to initiate this new entrepreneurial avenue will be met by a successful adoption into organisational design. With technological and regulatory limitations in the vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) segment, nearing a century of helicopter operations, it is unlikely that electrical flight aircraft will take charge of the skies above crowded cities anytime soon. Human error and technological failures still present a high risk to urban operations. The electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) concept has far greater potential, considering remote work and the adoption of the Work from Anywhere concept. This research effort aims to clarify aspects regarding eVTOL, probing the potential of a market that is to rely on this solution. This pragmatic approach is meant to define transition milestones, relying on current rules and regulations, as well on technological hurdles that are still to be overcome. By means of qualitative research and a thorough market evaluation, with a predictive analysis, this study reveals that organisations can now pivot their design to expand their workforce needs into wider regions, having the ability to fly their key employees into their offices periodically from the remote locations they opt to live in and/or work from. Including eVTOL aircraft into the employer branding strategy, business processes should be beneficial for organisations that wish to be looked at as pioneers by their workforce and targeted market.

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“…The location of urban DCs have a direct influence on freight movement within urban areas, which then affects the efficiency and economic of logistics system [1]. Many scholars have found that the most suitable location for DCs in megacities is the urban areas [2][3][4], where is the trade-offs between economic and environment concern. However, in recent year, the trend of logistics sprawl has emerged in megacities, like Beijing, Tokyo, Pairs and New York, etc.…”

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“…(3) Which mechanism is best for inducing the DEs to select location in urban areas for providing green delivery under different strategic scenarios? (4) What are the evolutionary paths of DEs and government under different levels of consumers' green preferences? Due to the gap that there have been no studies applying the evolutionary game theory in controlling the logistics sprawl with considering consumers' green preferences, the contributions of this research are twofold.…”

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Using evolutionary game theory to study the layout of urban distribution centers with considering consumers' green preference

li,

Wei,

Wang

et al. 2023

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The geographical layout of urban distribution centers (DCs) affects not only the efficiency of distribution activities, but also the amount of negative externalities arising from delivery vehicles. Recently, the phenomenon of logistic sprawl has significantly reduced the social welfare as more negative externalities are produced. Government should play key role in optimizing the layout of urban DCs through incentive policy. For the first time, we apply the evolutionary game theory in controlling the layout of urban DCs with considering consumers’ green preference. We have developed a basic evolutionary game model based on static tax and subsidy to investigate the interactive mechanism between distribution enterprises (DEs) and government. Then we analyze the evolutionary behavior of DEs and government in three dynamic mechanisms: dynamic tax and static subsidy, dynamic subsidy and static tax, and dynamic tax and dynamic subsidy. Finally, a case study of optimizing the layout of DCs of Beijing is conducted. The simulation results show that the static tax and static subsidy mechanism cannot reach an evolutionary stable point, the three dynamic mechanisms can get the evolutionary stable state (ESS) effectively, in which the dynamic subsidy and static taxation is most effective for reaching the highest level of stable proportion state. In addition, we perform a sensitivity analysis to evaluate the influence of consumers' green preference on the evolutionary path of green DEs. This study can provide theoretical support for the government to formulate scientific incentive policies to guide the rational layout of urban DCs.

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Liveability and freight transport in urban areas: the example of the Calabria Region for City Logistics

Cited by 9 publications

References 16 publications

Emerging Information and Communication Technologies: the Challenges for the Dynamic Freight Management in City Logistics

Emerging Information and Communication Technologies: the Challenges for the Dynamic Freight Management in City Logistics

A Theoretical Model of eVTOL as a Business Administration Vehicle for Efficiency

Using evolutionary game theory to study the layout of urban distribution centers with considering consumers' green preference

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