by Walther Ploos van Amstel
A new paper envisions a multimodal passenger-and-parcel sharing (PPS) network for urban logistics integrating metro, taxi, and truck. A hub-and-spoke structure is designed including hubs located at metro stations and service stores connected to the hubs.
Growing last-mile delivery costs and changing customer demands are making companies to look at click-and-collect, locker boxes, on-demand, and autonomous solutions. Global urban logistics spending is expected to reach US$ 5.9 trillion in 2020, with transportation accounting for the majority at 70%.
Together with their suppliers and logistics service providers, the Dutch Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and the University of Amsterdam (UvA) have worked five years on sustainable deliveries to their campuses. The result: an approach to sustainable logistics that can be scaled up to other large cities. The impact: fewer kilometers traveled by vehicles, more …
Singapore is leading the way in last-mile innovation. Singapore is planning a national locker network of 1,000 locations open to all the logistics players and to all e-commerce platforms. Results from a pilot in December 2018 showed that a driver was able to deliver up to 250 parcels per day to the parcel lockers, about four …
There are many inefficiencies in the construction process leading to significant failure costs and low-profit margins. The bundling of resources and capacities has been found essential, especially in inner cities where space is limited and the livability of the city needs to be taken into account. There is a need to manage the logistics of …
One of my favorite recipes is pork cheek; Carrillada Ibérica. I always buy my cheeks at butcher Kema on the Amsterdam Kinkerstraat near the busy Ten Katemarkt. That’s a nice shopping trip if we have time. But, with our busy lives… Fortunately, we can now buy online at our butcher with Local Heroes.
Vertical farming is the practice of growing plants indoors under fully controlled environmental conditions in many stacked layers, using artificial lighting instead of relying on the sun. By tuning the growing environment to the exact needs of the plant and using soil-free growing techniques, vertical farming can achieve yields hundreds of times higher than conventional …
The discussion about the food supply is mainly about the major players in retail and wholesale. That is fragile. The distribution supply chains are under great pressure. The industry is doing its utmost best to ensure that the food supply chain continues. However, the local markets seem to be forgotten in the approach. That is …
A new paper by Varma and Combes from IFFSTTAR discusses the questions: is a transition to Autonomous, Connected, Electric and Shared (AECS) LCV’s in the context of city logistics feasible? The impact of new technologies, services (such as the rise of instant deliveries, and AECS, is currently uncertain, and should be assessed in the long term.
The large-scale diffusion of low-emission vehicles is required to increase the sustainability of the transport system. Statistics show strong and continued growth in the sales of electric and other low-emission vehicles in the passenger car market. The light commercial vehicles market, however, has thus far been a different story. A barrier to widespread adoption seems to be …