by Walther Ploos van Amstel
Light Goods Vehicles (vans or LGVs) play a significant role in road crashes in Europe, and the use of vans is on the rise. In 2018, 11% of all road deaths (2.630 people) were the result of crashes involving LGVs. The highest number of road deaths following collisions involving LGVs is recorded among pedestrians (21%), …
Jia Zhang, a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Antwerp, received the Best Poster Award at the VREF 2023 Urban Freight Conference in Gothenburg last week for her research on the societal cost of parcel deliveries in urban freight. The societal costs are environmental issues and impacts on inhabitants and are also related to poor …
The UK government invests £200 million to drive innovation and get more zero-emission trucks on the roads. More zero-emission trucks are set to drive on UK roads thanks to a £200 million boost to decarbonize freight vehicles, drive innovation, and create new jobs as part of a week of government action to support the sector. With heavy …
For the construction of high-rise buildings, there is a challenge of organizing large amounts of building materials and resources to and from the construction site and effectively planning for transporting the materials and resources vertically as the building gets taller. The patented Brunkeberg® System adds vertical rails to the exterior facade of a building, providing …
As e-commerce continues to grow and expand across, more and more companies are looking towards building their “last-mile” distribution facilities closer to cities enabling next and same-day deliveries for companies like Amazon. What do equity and social justice mean for urban (freight) planning and management? A new Urban Freight Lab paper reviews transportation and mobility …
Supply chains have been the lifelines of globalization, delivering lower costs and higher efficiencies to production and gains to businesses and consumers worldwide. However, the pandemic, geopolitical tensions, and the increasing importance of sustainability and speed to consumers are changing how companies think about globalization and supply chains. Supply chains were previously organized to minimize …
Yesterday, the UK Department of Transport published the Government response to the consultation on driving license flexibility for 4.25t vehicles. The Government will: Remove the additional five-hour training requirement. Expand the rules to include all vehicle types (e.g., minibusses) Increase the towing allowance to align with petrol and diesel vehicles Align the eligibility with other …
E-commerce established the consumer as a freight actor. This new reality in the e-commerce supply chain holds economic, social, and environmental opportunities. Consumers have become an essential stakeholder in freight transport, which current logistics systems thus do not reflect. There are three ways in which the integration of consumers is vital to advance last-mile deliveries. First, logistics …
A project led by ICLEI (by Local Governments for Sustainability in collaboration with Despacio, Smart Freight Centre, and Zaragoza Logistics Center) helps develop roadmaps for efficient and sustainable urban freight transport. The Ecologistics handbook offers eight principles that aim to inspire and support governments at all levels to transform their urban freight systems through collaborative …
Some US malls now double as e-commerce fulfillment centers. Changes brought by the pandemic and growing e-commerce have prompted many shopping center owners to convert some space into fulfillment centers, taking advantage of large parking lots and loading docks. A prime example of catering to ever-growing customer demand while keeping costs down lies in the …