Challenges of Urban Transport Problems and City Logistics: Sao Paulo City Center Case

This paper on urban transport problems and city logistics is from the proceedings of 14th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century, which was held in Malta in 2008. The authors use Sao Paulo, Brazil, as a case example to illustrate the concepts under discussion. They focus on the emerging concept of city logistics to improve the mobility of cities. At a simple level, global and continental scale logistics systems are organized around airports, seaports, road and rail systems and storage facilities, which all tend to be space extensive. Challenges include the need for growth in logistics systems to support the globalization of production and consumption, and the related spatial and functional restructuring of large scale urban regions. Topics include strategies to limit automobile circulation, prohibition of automobile travel in downtown areas during certain hours, traffic congestion, private automobile ownership, freight needs, infrastructure, decentralization, the benefits of city logistics, and new forms of goods organization.

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• Authors:
  • Peixoto Neto, A GL
  • Galves, M L
  • Lima Jr, O F
  • Tacla, D
• Conference:
  • Urban Transport XIV: Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century
  • Date: 2008-9-1 to 2008-9-3
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 133-142
• Monograph Title: Urban Transport XIV. Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Decentralization; Freight and passenger handling; Logistics; Mobility; Multimodal transportation; Traffic congestion; Urban areas; Urban transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation infrastructure
• Geographic Terms: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01114036
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845641238
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 2008 10:14AM