Last mile logistics (LML) is the least efficient and complex part of supply chain. The main
objective of this study was to identify major challenges of urban freight LML and …

The contradiction between the contribution of city logistics (CL) to sustainable urban
development and its negative externalities is increasingly prominent. Policy supervision …

The COVID-19 health crisis has had a strong impact on societies around the world, affecting
both the health of populations and countries' economies. While lockdowns imposed to stop …

Freight transportation in urban areas represents an essential activity from the standpoint of
economic development; in recent years, the spread of e-commerce (also accelerated by …

In this paper, an integrated approach is proposed that incorporates the road network design
problem and the vehicle routing problem, which are very often studied separately. This …

In this contribution, we assess the traditional last mile delivery concept and a framework with
commercial parking bays for carriers in terms of their sustainability value for urban …

Agent-based models (ABMs) have their origins in considerations of complexity science
stipulating that many phenomena can be 'grown from the bottom up'. Explicitly, this was …

As part of a broader vision for emission-free city logistics, the city of Rotterdam plans to
introduce a zero-emission zone in combination with urban consolidation centers (UCCs) on …

The study of freight transport has been subject to a long-term paradigm shift since the 1970s
as the movement of freight has increasingly been researched as an integral part of logistics …

The management of transport operations is a promising field for agent-based applications.
Acting in a collaborative way, the agents can be seen as a multi-agent system that enables …