Abstract Freight transport accounts for 8–15% of total traffic flow in urban areas within the
European Union. The majority of these deliveries are undertaken by diesel-powered …

Urban freight transport is essential to the functioning of cities, but is also an activity that
affects the urban environment and communities. Yet, freight is often overlooked in …

The smart city concept is often simply considered equivalent only to technology. This paper
starts by introducing the necessity of a holistic, integrated, and multidisciplinary approach to …

Over the last decade, research in the area of urban freight transport has increased and local
authorities are slowly beginning to acknowledge the need to consider freight in their overall …

The paper, within the field of city logistics sustainability, recalls the overview of measures to
be implemented, in a “what if” framework, with strong references to the ex-post assessment …

Urban freight distribution has confronted several challenges, including negative
environmental, social, and economic impacts. Many city logistics initiatives that use the …

The paper deals with economic effects due to city logistics implementations. An analysis
framework is proposed and the results of a survey, consisting of interviews with experts in …

This paper investigates transport providers' preferences for alternative loading bays and
pricing policies. It estimates the importance of loading bays, the probability of finding them …

City evolution is connected to social, economic and technological evolutions. New
technologies induce further changes, which are highly innovative, which again affect the …

The growth of e-commerce has increased urban freight transport, bringing negative
externalities of emissions, pollution, noise, congestion, and habitat loss. There is a visible …