Challenges and Good Practices in Urban Freight in Europe (Draft)

Key objectives of sustainable city-logistics actions are to decarbonise freight transport while maintaining its competitiveness and economic strength, reduce negative externalities such as pollutant emissions, congestion and accidents, and foster innovation. Multiple initiatives have started in Europe to reach these objectives. The aim of this paper is to review some of these schemes. It is based on case studies being carried out in the EC-funded project entitled "Best Practice Factory for Freight Transport" (BESTFACT) which commenced in 2012 and runs for 4 years. The project is examining and disseminating European best practices on co-modality, green logistics and e-freight, and especially in urban freight transport. The paper describes the challenges in urban freight transport, the methodology for Best Practice identification and evaluation and selected Best Practices which contribute to a more sustainable urban freight transport.

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  • https://proceedings-seoul2015.piarc.org/ressources/files/3/IP0322-Ruesch-E.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of the World Road Association – PIARC.
• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

  La Grande Arche, Paroi Nord, Niveau 5
  F-92055 La Defense Cedex,   France 
• Authors:
  • Ruesch, M
  • Bohne, S
  • Leonardi, J
• Conference:
  • 25th World Road Congress
  • Location: Seoul , Korea, South
  • Date: 2015-11-3 to 2015-11-7
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 18p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 25th World Road Congress - Seoul 2015: Roads and Mobility - Creating New Value from Transport

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Freight traffic; Logistics; Urban areas; Urban goods movement
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01676770
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9782840604235
• Report/Paper Numbers: 0322
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 26 2018 2:42PM