Sustainable Last- Mile delivery - Article: Visser, Nemoto & Browne: Home Delivery and the impacts on Urban Freight Transport: a review

6 important questions on Sustainable Last- Mile delivery - Article: Visser, Nemoto & Browne: Home Delivery and the impacts on Urban Freight Transport: a review

What are issues regarding home delivery (3)?

  • Consumers: not on- time, not at home, not deliverd, delivery time too long, forced to stay at home;
  • Carrier: additional cost for repeated delivery, non- deliverables.
  • Impact on total volume of freight and passenger traffic: more traffic related to home delivery but less related to shopping --> congestion issues, environmental concerns, traffic safety.

More Home deliveries do not necessarily mean less efficient deliveries. Why?

Consolidation makes home delivery more efficient.

Consolidation makes transport more efficient. What are possible options for consolidation (3)?

  • Cooperation by shippers to consolidate deliveries;
  • By receivers (shopkeepers), like with Binnenstad Service
  • Cooperation by carriers on urban or national level (green city distribution in the Netherlands)
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Pickup points, picking up goods that were ordered online, does have 2 types. What are these types?

1. PSP (parcel service points): staffed pickup points
2. Pack stations: unmanned pickup points, using lockers.

What is the difference between home delivery and city logistics?

Difference is delivery size (one package vs some) and location of adress (shop vs customer).

Which four strategies can be used to reduce emissions?

  1. Kilometers: reducing number of km driven by shift from road vehicles to other forms of transport (modal shift, e.g. train, ship)
  2. Vehicle: modifying vehicles and adjusting speeds to make driving more energy efficient. E.g. fuelefficient engines, lightweight and smart vehicles, low- emission driving speed.
  3. Energy: using alternative energy carriers that cause fewer emissions. E.g. electricity or hydrogen
  4. Filter: filtering or cleaning vehicle exhaust gases, so they don't enter the environment.

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