Meeting the Challenges of Urban Freight in European Cities. The Examples of London and Paris

The paper presents an overview of freight distribution in two World Cities, Paris and London. It starts by discussing the impacts of political changes that took place in both cities in the last three to four years, on deliveries and distribution. Freight statistics are presented for London and Paris and trends explained. The paper compares the Mayor’s Transport Strategy with the Paris Mobility Masterplan (Plan de deplacements de Paris); discusses the impact of various transport policies on freight, and the emergence of Freight Quality Partnerships in both cities. There is an in-depth coverage of the issues affecting freight in the two cities and the new initiatives. These include traffic management and lorry controls; delivery bays; central London congestion charge; bus lanes; night-time deliveries; freight databases; rail and waterborne transport, and the “greening up” of delivery fleets. The paper concludes with the comparison of each city’s response to the challenges they are facing, and highlights the similarities and differences in their approach.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

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• Authors:
  • Baybars, Mehmet
  • Dablanc, Laetitia
• Conference:
  • 10th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Istanbul , Turkey
  • Date: 2004-7-4 to 2004-7-8
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20p
• Monograph Title: 10th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Bus transportation; Congestion management systems; Congestion pricing; Freight traffic; Freight trains; Freight transportation; Local transportation; Mobility
• Geographic Terms: London (England); Paris (France)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01084898
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 28 2008 8:14AM