Sustainable Vehicles-Based Alternatives in Last Mile Distribution of Urban Freight Transport: A Systematic Literature Review

Oliveira, Cíntia Machado de; Bandeira, Renata Albergaria de Mello; Góes, George Vasconcelos; Gonçalves, Daniel Neves Schmitz; D’Agosto, Márcio de Almeida

doi:10.3390/su9081324

Cited by 117 publications

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“…Modal shift focuses on long-haul road freight, as rail and water freight modes have limited use for last-mile delivery [5,90]. However, decarbonizing the last mile of the shipment by means of technology is comparatively easier, for example through low-carbon vehicles such as rickshaws, tricycles, or electric vehicles [91]. While many are working to develop autonomous delivery robots and drones, at least some authors have expressed doubts that such vehicles can easily reduce freight GHG emissions from urban logistics [3,92].…”

Section: Strategy 5: Shifting Freight To Low Carbonintensity Modesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decarbonizing intraregional freight systems with a focus on modal shift

Kaack

Vaishnav

Morgan

et al. 2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Road freight transportation accounts for around 7% of total world energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. With the appropriate incentives, energy savings and emissions reductions can be achieved by shifting freight to rail or water modes, both of which are far more efficient than road. We briefly introduce five general strategies for decarbonizing freight transportation, and then focus on the literature and data relevant to estimating the global decarbonization potential through modal shift. We compare freight activity (in tonne-km) by mode for every country where data are available. We also describe major intraregional freight corridors, their modal structure, and their infrastructure needs. We find that the current world road and rail modal split is around 60:40. Most countries are experiencing strong growth in road freight and a shift from rail to road. Rail intermodal transportation holds great potential for replacing carbon-intense and fast-growing road freight, but it is essential to have a targeted design of freight systems, particularly in developing countries. Modal shift can be promoted by policies targeting infrastructure investments and internalizing external costs of road freight, but we find that not many countries have such policies in place. We identify research needs for decarbonizing the freight transportation sector both through improvements in the efficiency of individual modes and through new physical and institutional infrastructure that can support modal shift.

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Section: Strategy 5: Shifting Freight To Low Carbonintensity Modesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decarbonizing intraregional freight systems with a focus on modal shift

Kaack

Vaishnav

Morgan

et al. 2018

Environ. Res. Lett.

113

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“…Authors such as Wu et al [14] propose a design of a model for the optimization of the administration of energy efficiency and dimensioning of components ULV with plug-in fuel cell. These types of solutions along with the utilization of drones [15] aim at minimizing logistic distribution cost. For example, in Europe, the increase of diesel fuel vehicles was of 15% in the 90s until 2003 [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These types of solutions along with the utilization of drones [15] aim at minimizing logistic distribution cost. For example, in Europe, the increase of diesel fuel vehicles was of 15% in the 90s until 2003 [15]. To mitigate the environmental impact and the operational cost of these diesel vehicles dimensioning of ULV with less tonnage and high energy efficiency is proposed.…”

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confidence: 99%

Logistic Modeling of the Last Mile: Case Study Santiago, Chile

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This research proposes a new distribution system of goods in the historical center of the city of Santiago, Chile. For the design of the urban logistic system, the methodology city logistics and last mile are used. This design incorporates to the freight transport flexible solutions that improve the efficiency of the distribution process and trade supply, minimizing the environmental impact of the atmospheric pollution (AP). The proposal was made through the data collection, the characterization of the sector and the diagnosis of the urban logistics processes. The analysis of the factors allowed to evaluate the costs of the AP negative externalities. The causes were used as design criteria for the proposals, with the aim of improving the quality of life of the city users. The physical location selection of the Cross-Docking was made through an optimization model of maximum coverage. The optimization algorithm of the nearest neighbor was proposed for vehicle routing. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) was used to generate a ranking of the best non-polluting vehicles to be used in the zone. Finally, the results obtained allowed a 53 ton decrease in carbon dioxide in the square kilometer and reduced 1103 h of interruptions per year in the vehicular congestion of the sector.

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“…Because of the high costs, the use of battery electric vehicles is not yet profitable today, but might become an option in the next years [9] [10]. Oliveira et al [11] did a systematic literature review on different delivery vehicles on the last mile, which offer the opportunity to increase the sustainability. In addition to electric delivery vehicles, they reviewed the use of bicycles and tricycles as well as smaller commercial vehicles as alternative.…”

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Grocery Delivery or Customer Pickup - Influences on Energy Consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in Munich

Hardi¹,

Wagner²

2018

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TThe number of supermarkets offering a grocery delivery has been increasing during the last years. Many studies deduce CO2 emission savings using this concept. Since the delivery of groceries also consumes energy and produces emissions, break-even points can be calculated, from where the delivery has environmental advantages compared to the customer pickup. In this paper, influences of differing vehicle use on break-even points for savings of energy and CO2 emissions are analyzed for the case of Haidhausen Süd, a city district of Munich in Germany. Internal combustion engine and electric vehicles are investigated to depict current as well as future trends. After an introduction to the used methodology, the potential to save energy and CO2 emissions related to the delivery of groceries in the chosen district of Munich is evaluated. Afterwards, influences on the break even points are presented and discussed. As the results show, a delivery of groceries leads to energy and carbon dioxide savings in a wide range of private vehicle use for grocery shopping trips. Nevertheless, if the complete customer vehicle fleet is electrified, the use of delivery vehicles with an internal combustion engine can cause an additional environmental impact at the current modal split for shopping trips in Germany.

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Sustainable Vehicles-Based Alternatives in Last Mile Distribution of Urban Freight Transport: A Systematic Literature Review

Cited by 117 publications

References 44 publications

Decarbonizing intraregional freight systems with a focus on modal shift

Decarbonizing intraregional freight systems with a focus on modal shift

Logistic Modeling of the Last Mile: Case Study Santiago, Chile

Grocery Delivery or Customer Pickup - Influences on Energy Consumption and CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in Munich

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