by Walther Ploos van Amstel
The Guardian reports about the underwater bike garage that should solve Amsterdam Central Station’s bike parking headache by offering space for 7.000 bicycles. The city of Amsterdam facilitates underwater bike parking to return the public space to pedestrians (residents, visitors, commuters). According to the Guardian, the garage results from a 4-year and €60 million project to clear …
Mobilise developed a methodological approach to derive construction-related truck kilometers on city level based on algorithmic and geospatial analyses of GPS data. Results show that large urban construction sites account for 26.4% of total HGV traffic in Brussels. Methodologies used so far make abstraction of traveled vehicle-kilometers (vkm), hence inadequately determining the true environmental impact …
Over the past decade, the share of e-commerce has risen. It is expected that this trend will continue. Bricks and mortar (B&M) retailers have reacted to the increasing share of e-commerce retail leading to an increasing merger of both retail modes into omnichannel retail. Changes in the transport system inevitably accompany these shifts in retail …
Stimulated by the growing demand for logistics services and the advances in information technologies, research interest in the dynamic vehicle routing problem with random requests (DVRPRR) increased over recent decades. The DVRPRR differs from classical vehicle routing in that the customer requests are not fully known in advance but arrive dynamically during the execution of …
Dutch NWO has selected eight projects for funding within the joint JPI Urban Europe and NSFC call (ENUAC). Dutch research teams are involved in four of the projects. Researchers will work on sustainable urban logistics with public and private partners. The projects aim to contribute to achieving accessible, climate-neutral, and sustainable cities in China and …
Getir lost almost $600 mln in 2021 on a European revenue of $466 mln in 2021. Nevertheless, Getir has enough cash on hand to last for a while. At the end of 2021, the company had $547 mln in cash on its balance sheet, and in March 2022, it raised another $768 mln in fresh …
Researchers from Munich shed new light on the accessibility and inclusion debate in urban mobility. Taking Carlos Moreno’s 15-Minute City concept as a starting point, nurtured by the latest insights from recent experiments, the scientists developed a practitioner’s roadmap highlighting concrete steps to plan, develop and implement the 15-Minute City in a few neighborhoods but …
Each year, 365 million tons of freight move through the New York City area. While this flow of goods brings many economic benefits, it also raises complex challenges, especially at the middle-mile and last-mile segments of the delivery supply chain, contributing to traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions, public health and safety issues, and the degradation …
The e-commerce market has boomed in recent years. But, with the growth in sales, the number of returns has also increased significantly. Whereas online stores used to entice consumers with free returns, it is major brands such as H&M and Zara recently started charging fees. By doing so, they want to reduce the cost of …
Electric cargo cycles are often considered a viable alternative mode for delivering goods in an urban area. However, cities in the U.S. struggle to regulate cargo cycles, with most authorities applying the same rules for motorized vehicles or traditional bikes. One reason is the lack of understanding of the relationship between existing regulations, transport infrastructure, …