Recent Developments in Urban Logistics Research – A Review of the Proceedings of the International Conference on City Logistics 2009 – 2013

Environmental Sustainability in City Logistics Measures

“…Stakeholders interviewed by the authors most often understood CL as managing and improving flow processes within the urban areas. In comparison with published literature, where CL is mostly associated with freight transportation [1,17] and rarely with passengers transport [17,21,22], responders perceived CL in a holistic way as a coordination of the flow of freight and people within the city [4,17,30,52]. Additionally, they often find the coordination of passengers and cargo flows in cities necessary, with the municipalities responsible for these processes-this was already confirmed in other research [3,120].…”

“…Nowadays, much review-based research has been conducted to define CL more precisely and widely [19]. More contemporary approaches tend to define CL in a more holistic way, treating it as a coordination process of all flows within the urban areas-of freight as well as of passengers [20][21][22]. Passengers' mobility, mainly related to public transport in cities, is naturally organized by public administration, thus, city logistics covering the flows of cargo and people deserves interests of both private and public stakeholders.…”

An Examination of Last Mile Delivery Practices of Freight Carriers Servicing Business Receivers in Inner-City Areas

“…Courier and express services perform the door-to-door, fast transport of documents, mail, home deliveries and light parcel shipments with value-added services. In contrast, parcel services focus on heavier, standardised shipments up to 30 kg [19]. The delivery lead-time and time-window for CEP channels are significantly different.…”

“…Deliveries to retailers represent a considerable component of last mile delivery activities. The basic breakdown of categories by organisational structure is as follows: a) chain retailing, and b) independent retailing [19]. Deliveries to most retailers are performed using light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and light trucks [22].…”

Simulation and optimization of a multi-agent system on physical internet enabled interconnected urban logistics.

“…It is identified with the seven following categories: retail, consumer shopping trips, parcels, catering, construction, waste, industrial and terminal haulage (Behrends, 2016). In the market, various actors and stakeholders such as shippers, receivers, carriers and public authorities, are involved in the urban logistics activities (Behrends, 2011).…”